Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Act 2007
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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.”. |