Part 4Protection of children and young persons
General
I163Reasonable belief about person's age
1
Where a person is charged with an offence under this Part of doing anything in relation to an individual who is a child it is a defence for the person charged to prove that—
a
he took all reasonable steps to determine the individual's age, and
b
he reasonably believed that the individual was not a child.
2
Where a person is charged with an offence under this Part of doing anything in relation to an individual who is a young person it is a defence for the person charged to prove that—
a
he took all reasonable steps to determine the individual's age, and
b
he reasonably believed that the individual was not a young person.