Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32)

PART 2 U.K. Prevention, investigation and prosecution of crime

CHAPTER 4 U.K. Other provisions

Sexual offences E+W

47 Positions of trust E+W

(1) The Sexual Offences Act 2003 is amended as follows.

(2) After section 22 insert—

“22A Further positions of trust

(1) For the purposes of sections 16 to 19, a person (A) is in a position of trust in relation to another person (B) if—

(a) A coaches, teaches, trains, supervises or instructs B, on a regular basis, in a sport or a religion, and

(b) A knows that they coach, teach, train, supervise or instruct B, on a regular basis, in that sport or religion.

(2) In subsection (1)—

• “sport” includes—

  (a)

  any game in which physical skill is the predominant factor, and

  (b)

  any form of physical recreation which is also engaged in for purposes of competition or display;

• “religion” includes—

  (a)

  a religion which involves belief in more than one god, and

  (b)

  a religion which does not involve belief in a god.

(3) This section does not apply where a person (A) is in a position of trust in relation to another person (B) by virtue of circumstances within section 21.

(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend subsections (1) and (2) to add or remove an activity in which a person may be coached, taught, trained, supervised or instructed.”

(3) In section 138(2) (orders and regulations) after “section 21,” insert “22A,”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 47 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 208(5)(c)