SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 27Minor and consequential amendments: general
Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42)
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1
Amend section 23 (sections 16 to 19: marriage exception) as follows.
2
At the end of subsection (1)(b) insert “
or civil partners of each other
”
.
3
In subsection (2), for “were lawfully married at the time” substitute “
were at the time lawfully married or civil partners of each other
”
.
4
In the heading to section 23 for “marriage exception” substitute “
exception for spouses and civil partners
”
.