Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

Sexual offences U.K.

45 (1) In section 31(1) of the M1 Criminal Justice Act 1991 (which defines, amongst other expressions, “sexual offence”), for that definition, there shall be substituted the following definition—

““sexual offence” means any of the following—

(a) an offence under the M2 Sexual Offences Act 1956, other than an offence under section 30, 31 or 33 to 36 of that Act;

(b) an offence under section 128 of the M3 Mental Health Act 1959;

(c) an offence under the M4 Indecency with Children Act 1960;

(d) an offence under section 9 of the M5 Theft Act 1968 of burglary with intent to commit rape;

(e) an offence under section 54 of the M6 Criminal Law Act 1977;

(f) an offence under the M7 Protection of Children Act 1978;

(g) an offence under section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 of conspiracy to commit any of the offences in paragraphs (a) to (f) above;

(h) an offence under section 1 of the M8 Criminal Attempts Act 1981 of attempting to commit any of those offences;

(i) an offence of inciting another to commit any of those offences;”.

(2) The amendment made by this paragraph shall apply in relation to offenders convicted (but not sentenced) before the date on which this paragraph comes into force as it applies in relation to offenders convicted after that date.

Marginal Citations

M1 1991 c. 53.

M2 1956 c. 69.

M3 1959 c. 72.

M4 1960 c. 33.

M5 1968 c. 60.

M6 1977 c. 45.

M7 1978 c. 37.

M8 1981 c. 47.