Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (2022 c. 19 (N.I.))
- Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (2022 c. 19 (N.I.))
- PART 1 Sexual offences
- CHAPTER 1 Criminal conduct
- 1 Voyeurism: additional offences
- 2 Sending etc an unwanted sexual image
- 3 Amendments consequential on sections 1 and 2
- 4 Sexual grooming: pretending to be a child
- 5 Abuse of position of trust: relevant positions
- 6 Private sexual images: threatening to disclose
- 7 Miscellaneous amendments as to sexual offences
- CHAPTER 2 Anonymity and privacy
- Anonymity of victims
- 8 Extended anonymity of victims
- 9 Disapplication of anonymity of victim after death
- 10 Increase in penalty for breach of anonymity
- 11 Special rules for providers of information society services
- Anonymity of suspects
- 12 Restriction on reports as to suspects of sexual offences
- 13 Meaning of sexual offence in section 12
- 14 Power to disapply reporting restriction
- 15 Magistrates’ courts rules
- 16 Offence relating to reporting
- 17 Interpretation of sections 12 to 16
- 18 Consequential amendment
- Exclusion from proceedings
- 19 Serious sexual offences: exclusion of public from court
- CHAPTER 3 Guidance on this part
- 20 Guidance about this Part
- PART 2 Trafficking and exploitation
- 21 Support for victims of trafficking etc
- 22 Defence for slavery and trafficking victims
- 23 Strategies on slavery and trafficking offences
- 24 Protective measures for victims of slavery or trafficking
- PART 3 Protection from harm
- CHAPTER 1 Prevention orders
- 25 Qualifying offences for sexual offences prevention orders
- 26 Time limit for making violent offences prevention orders
- CHAPTER 2 Causing or risking serious harm
- 27 Consent to harm for sexual gratification is no defence
- 28 Offence of non-fatal strangulation or asphyxiation
- PART 4 Final provisions
- 29 Ancillary regulations
- 30 Commencement
- 31 Short title
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Consequential amendments: voyeurism and unwanted sexual images
- Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 12)
- Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 (c. 34)
- Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 18)
- Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42)
- Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (NI 1)
- SCHEDULE 2 Miscellaneous amendments as to sexual offences
- PART 1 Amendments of references to certain forms of child sexual abuse
- PART 2 Amendments relating to the offence of engaging in sexual communication with a child
- PART 3 Amendment relating to the offence of paying for the sexual services of a person
- SCHEDULE 3 Offence of breach of anonymity: providers of information society services
- Exceptions for mere conduits
- Exception for caching
- Exception for hosting
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 4 Offence of non-fatal strangulation or asphyxiation: consequential amendments
- Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 12)
- Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42)
- Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (NI 1)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28)
- Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (NI 14)
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