Sexual Offences Act 2003

60 Sections 57 to 59: interpretation and jurisdiction

(1) In sections 57 to 59, “relevant offence” means—

(a) an offence under this Part,

(b) an offence under section 1(1)(a) of the Protection of Children Act 1978 (c. 37),

(c) an offence listed in Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9)),

(d) an offence under Article 3(1)(a) of the Protection of Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1047 (N.I. 17)), or

(e) anything done outside England and Wales and Northern Ireland which is not an offence within any of paragraphs (a) to (d) but would be if done in England and Wales or Northern Ireland.

(2) Sections 57 to 59 apply to anything done—

(a) in the United Kingdom, or

(b) outside the United Kingdom, by a body incorporated under the law of a part of the United Kingdom or by an individual to whom subsection (3) applies.

(3) This subsection applies to—

(a) a British citizen,

(b) a British overseas territories citizen,

(c) a British National (Overseas),

(d) a British Overseas citizen,

(e) a person who is a British subject under the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61),

(f) a British protected person within the meaning given by section 50(1) of that Act.