C1C2Part 2Encouraging or assisting crime
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2
Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) by 2003 c. 42, Sch. 4 para. 6(3) (as inserted (26.4.2013) by Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 (c. 7), ss. 3(5), 15(1))
Limitation on liability
I1C151C1Protective offences: victims not liable
1
In the case of protective offences, a person does not commit an offence under this Part by reference to such an offence if—
a
he falls within the protected category; and
b
he is the person in respect of whom the protective offence was committed or would have been if it had been committed.
2
“Protective offence” means an offence that exists (wholly or in part) for the protection of a particular category of persons (“the protected category”).
Pt. 2 restricted by 2007 c. 19, s. 18(1A) (as inserted (1.10.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 62, 94(1) (with Sch. 13 para. 5); S.I. 2008/2504, art. 2(a))