Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Act 2007

Meeting child for purpose of sexual exploitation.

6.— Section 3 of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 is amended by—

(a) the insertion of the following subsections:

“(2A) Any person who within the State—

(a) intentionally meets, or travels with the intention of meeting, a child, having met or communicated with that child on 2 or more previous occasions, and

(b) does so for the purpose of doing anything that would constitute sexual exploitation of the child,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years.

(2B) Any person, being a citizen of the State or being ordinarily resident in the State, who outside the State—

(a) intentionally meets, or travels with the intention of meeting, a child, having met or communicated with that child on 2 or more previous occasions, and

(b) does so for the purpose of doing anything that would constitute sexual exploitation of the child,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years.”,

and

(b) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) In this section ‘ sexual exploitation ’ means, in relation to a child—

(a) inviting, inducing or coercing the child to engage in prostitution or the production of child pornography,

(b) using the child for prostitution or the production of child pornography,

(c) inviting, inducing or coercing the child to participate in any sexual activity which is an offence under any enactment,

(d) the commission of any such offence against the child, or

(e) inviting, inducing or coercing the child to participate in or observe any activity of a sexual or indecent nature.”.