Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31)

PART 5 U.K. Virginity testing and hymenoplasty offences

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Hymenoplasty offences

Hymenoplasty offences: Scotland S

153 Offence of offering to carry out hymenoplasty: Scotland S

(1) It is an offence under the law of Scotland—

(a) for a person in Scotland to offer to carry out hymenoplasty in the United Kingdom or hymenoplasty that has a sufficient jurisdictional connection, or

(b) for a person anywhere to offer to carry out hymenoplasty if the person is a United Kingdom national or habitually resident in Scotland.

(2) Hymenoplasty has a sufficient jurisdictional connection for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) if it is carried out in relation to a person who is—

(a) a United Kingdom national, or

(b) habitually resident in the United Kingdom.

(3) In this section—

• “United Kingdom national” has the meaning given by section 152(4);

• “hymenoplasty” has the meaning given by section 152(2).

Commencement Information

I1 S. 153 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 186(6)

I2 S. 153 in force at 1.7.2022 by S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)