Part 2Encouraging or assisting crime
Limitation on liability
51Protective 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”).