Sentencing Act 2020

[F1 PART 2 E+W Sexual offences

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 13 substituted (30.4.2021 except as it has effect as applied by 2006 c. 52, s. 224A) by Counter Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(1)(b)(3)(f), Sch. 6 (with s. 21(2))

Sexual Offences Act 2003 E+W

10 E+W An offence under either of the following provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 2003—

(a) section 5 (rape of a child under 13);

(b) section 6 (assault of a child under 13 by penetration).

Inchoate offences E+W

11 E+W An inchoate offence in relation to an offence specified paragraph 10.

Abolished offences E+W

12 (1) An abolished offence in relation to an offence specified in either of the preceding paragraphs of this Part of this Schedule. E+W

(2) “Abolished offence”, in relation to an offence (“the current offence”), means an offence that—

(a) was abolished before 13 April 2015, and

(b) would, if committed on the day on which the offender is or was convicted, have constituted the current offence.]