Amendments to the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999
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12. In section 62 (meaning of “sexual offence” and other references to offences) for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) In this Part “sexual offence” means any offence under—
(a)Part 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 or any relevant superseded offence; or
(b)section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (human trafficking) committed with a view to exploitation that consists of or includes behaviour within section 3(3) of that Act (sexual exploitation).”.