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Sexual Offences - SOA 2003

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Charging offences under the correct legislation – key dates guidance

Definitions of terms common to sexual offences

Sexual Offences, consent

Offences in section order
SOA 2003 s 1

Rape (s. 1)

SOA 2003 s 2, s 3

Assault by penetration & Sexual assault (s 2, 3)

SOA 2003 s 4

Causing a Person to Engage in Sexual Activity Without Consent (s 4)

SOA 2003 s 5, s 6, s 7, s 8

Rape and other offences against children under 13 (ss 5-8)

SOA 2003 s 9

Sexual Activity with a Child

SOA 2003 s 10

Inciting a Child to Engage in Sexual Activity

SOA 2003 s 11

Engaging in Sexual Activity in the Presence of a Child

SOA 2003 s 12

Causing a Child to Watch a Sexual Act

SOA 2003 s 13

Child Sexual Offences Committed by Children or Young Persons

SOA 2003 s 14

Arranging or Facilitating a Child Sexual Offence

SOA 2003 s 15

Meeting a Child Following Sexual Grooming

SOA 2003 s 15A

Sexual communication with a child

SOA 2003 s 16, s 17, s 18, s 19

Abuse of Position of Trust

SOA 2003 s 25, s 26

Familial Child Sex Offences

SOA 2003 s 30, s 31, s 32, s 33, s 34, s 35, s 36, s 37

Offences Against Persons with a Mental Disorder

SOA 2003 s 38, s 39, s 40, s 41

Offences by Care Workers for Persons with a Mental Disorder

SOA 2003 s 47

Paying for the sexual services of a child

SOA 2003 ss 48–50

Child Exploitation

SOA 2003 s 51A

Soliciting

SOA 2003 s 52

Causing or Inciting Prostitution For Gain

SOA 2003 s 53

Controlling prostitution for gain

SOA 2003 s 53A

Paying for sexual services of a prostitute subjected to force etc

SOA 2003 s 61

Administering A Substance with Intent

SOA 2003 s 62

Committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence

SOA 2003 s 63

Trespass With Intent To Commit a Sexual Offence

SOA 2003 ss 64–65

Sex With an Adult Relative

SOA 2003 s 66

Exposure

SOA 2003 s 66AE

Creating a copy of intimate photograph or film shared temporarily

SOA 2003 s 66A

Sending etc photograph or film of genitals

SOA 2003 s 66AA

Sharing semen-defaced image

SOA 2003 s 66AD(1), s 66AD(2)

Installing etc equipment to enable taking or recording of intimate photograph or film

SOA 2003 s 66AB(1), s 66AB(2), s 66AB(3)

Taking or recording intimate photograph or film

SOA 2003 s 66B(1), ss 66B(2)–(4)

Sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph or film

SOA 2003 s 66I

Making or supplying purported intimate image generators

SOA 2003 s 67

Voyeurism

SOA 2003 s 67A(1), s 67A(2), s 67A(2A)–(2B)

Voyeurism : Additional Offences (‘Upskirting’; breast-feeding)

SOA 2003 s 69

Sexual activity with an animal

SOA 2003 s 70

Sexual activity with a corpse

SOA 2003 s 71

Sexual activity in a public lavatory