Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006

Amendment of certain enactments.

7.— (1) Section 8 of the Act of 1990 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “ section 2 or 3 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006” for “section 1 or 2 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1935 ”, and

(b) in subsection (5), by—

(i) the substitution of “ section 2 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006” for “ section 1 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1935 ”,

(ii) the substitution of “ section 3 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006” for “ section 2 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1935 ”, and

(iii) the substitution of “the said section 3 or section 3 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006,” for “the said section 2 or 3”.

(2) Section 2 of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992 is amended, in the definition of “sexual offence”, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (iv):

“(iv) the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 or section 5 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 ;”.

(3) The Schedule to the Sexual Offences (Jurisdiction) Act 1996 is amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 1:

“1. Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006.”,

and

(b) the deletion of paragraphs 2, 7 and 8.

(4) The Schedule to the Bail Act 1997 is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 10:

“10. An offence under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006.”.

(5) The Schedule to the Sex Offenders Act 2001 is amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 7:

“7. An offence under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006.”,

and

(b) the deletion of paragraph 8.

(6) Schedule 1 to the Children Act 2001 is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 4:

“4. Any offence under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006.”.