What UK Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 15A - Sexual Communication with a Child requires
Section 15A SOA 2003 (inserted by the Serious Crime Act 2015 Section 67, in force 3 April 2017) makes it an offence for a person aged 18 or over (A) to communicate intentionally with another person (B) for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification where the communication is sexual or is intended to encourage B to make a sexual communication, and B is under 16 and A does not reasonably believe B is 16 or over. A communication is sexual if any part relates to sexual activity or a reasonable person would consider any part sexual regardless of purpose. Penalty: summary conviction up to the general magistrates' court limit and/or fine; on indictment up to 2 years.
Pillar: Adult Industry & Sexual Content Compliance · Authority: Parliament of the United Kingdom · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/15A
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- Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42) Section 15A (Sexual communication with a child) subsection (1): 'A person aged 18 or over (A) commits an offence if (a) for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification, A intentionally communicates with another person (B), (b) the communication is sexual or is intended to encourage B to make (whether to A or to another) a communication that is sexual, and (c) B is under 16 and A does not reasonably believe that B is 16 or over.' (legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/15A)
- Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 15A(2): 'For the purposes of this section, a communication is sexual if (a) any part of it relates to sexual activity, or (b) a reasonable person would, in all the circumstances but regardless of any person's purpose, consider any part of the communication to be sexual; and in paragraph (a) sexual activity means an activity that a reasonable person would, in all the circumstances but regardless of any person's purpose, consider to be sexual.'
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