E1 SCHEDULE 9 Minor Amendments
F1 Anonymity of victims of certain offences
Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
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The M1Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 shall be amended as follows.
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In section 2(1) (offences to which the Act applies), after paragraph (e) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—
f
any conspiracy to commit any of those offences;
g
any incitement of another to commit any of those offences.
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In section 6 (interpretation)—
a
after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
2A
For the purposes of this Act, where it is alleged or there is an accusation that an offence of conspiracy or incitement of another to commit an offence mentioned in section 2(1)(a) to (d) has been committed, the person against whom the substantive offence is alleged to have been intended to be committed shall be regarded as the person against whom the conspiracy or incitement is alleged to have been committed.
In this subsection, “the substantive offence” means the offence to which the alleged conspiracy or incitement related.
b
in subsection (3), after the words “references in” there shall be inserted the words “
subsection (2A) and in
”
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Sch. 9 does not extend to Scotland in so far as it relates to s. 17(1) of the Video Act 1984 see s. 172(16)