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Draft Order in Council laid before Parliament under section 84(4) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament. The draft Order is consequential on the draft Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008. It is proposed that both Orders will, if approved by Parliament, be presented for making at the same meeting of the Privy Council.

Draft Statutory Instruments

2008 No.

NORTHERN IRELAND

The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 2008

Made

***

Coming into force in accordance with Article 2

CONTENTS

Go to Preamble

  1. PART 1

    INTRODUCTORY

    1. 1. Title and extent

    2. 2. Commencement

  2. PART 2

    SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003

    1. 3. Amendment of the Sexual Offences Act 2003

    2. 4. Section 15 (meeting a child following sexual grooming etc.)

    3. 5. Section 20 (abuse of position of trust: acts done in Scotland)

    4. 6. Section 21 (positions of trust)

    5. 7. Section 22 (positions of trust: interpretation)

    6. 8. Section 47 (paying for sexual services of a child)

    7. 9. Section 60 (trafficking offences under sections 57 to 59: interpretation and jurisdiction)

    8. 10. Section 72 (offences outside the United Kingdom)

    9. 11. Section 142 (extent, saving etc.)

    10. 12. Schedule 2 (sexual offences to which section 72 applies)

    11. 13. Schedule 3 (sexual offences for the purposes of Part 2)

    12. 14. Schedule 5 (other offences for the purposes of Part 2)

    13. 15. Schedule 6 (minor and consequential amendments)

  3. PART 3

    AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS

    1. 16. Amendment of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

    2. 17. Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 2003

    3. 18. Transitional provision: the Criminal Justice Act 2003

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At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the *** day of ***2008

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

A draft of this Order in Council has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

Accordingly, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 84(2) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998(1), by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, orders as follows:

PART 1 INTRODUCTORY

Title and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 2008.

(2) This Article, and Articles 2, 13 and 14, extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.

(3) The remaining provisions of this Order extend to England and Wales and to Northern Ireland.

Commencement

2.—(1) Article 1, this Article and Article 9 come into force one week after the day on which this Order is made.

(2) Article 15 comes into force—

(a) so far as relating to the repeal of paragraph 18(2) of Schedule 6 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003(2), on the day appointed for the coming into operation of paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 1 to the principal Order;

(b) so far as relating to the repeal of paragraph 39 of Schedule 6 to that Act, on the day appointed for the coming into operation of paragraph 26(b) of Schedule 1 to the principal Order;

(c) so far as relating to the repeal of paragraph 46(5)(a) of Schedule 6 to that Act, on the day appointed for the coming into operation of paragraph 29(3) of Schedule 1 to the principal Order;

(3) The remaining provisions of this Order come into force on the day appointed for the coming into operation of Article 78 of the principal Order.

(4) In this Article “the principal Order” means the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008(3).

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