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PART 5U.K.Virginity testing and hymenoplasty offences

CHAPTER 1U.K.Virginity testing offences

Virginity testing offences: ScotlandS

140Offence of virginity testing: ScotlandS

(1)It is an offence under the law of Scotland for a person to carry out virginity testing.

(2)Virginity testing” means the examination of female genitalia, with or without consent, for the purpose (or purported purpose) of determining virginity.

(3)An offence is committed under subsection (1) only if the person—

(a)is in Scotland, or

(b)is outside the United Kingdom, and is a United Kingdom national or habitually resident in Scotland.

(4)United Kingdom national” means an individual who is—

(a)a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen,

(b)a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 is a British subject, or

(c)a British protected person within the meaning of that Act.

(5)In subsection (2), “female genitalia” means a vagina or vulva.

Commencement Information

I1S. 140 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 186(6)

I2S. 140 in force at 1.7.2022 by S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)