The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 provides a legislative framework for sexual offences in
Northern Ireland. The corresponding legislation in
England and Wales and in
Scotland are the
Sexual Offences Act 2003 and the
Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009
The Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 9) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. It creates a code of sexual offences that is said to be intended to reform that area of the law. The corresponding legislation in England and Wales is the Sexu ...
. The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 defines several sexual offenses, including rape.
See also
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Sexual Offences Act
Sexual Offences Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and former British colonies and territories such as Antigua and Barbuda, Crown dependencies, Kenya, Lesotho, Republic of Ireland, Sierra L ...
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Sexual offences in the United Kingdom
There are a number of sexual offences under the law of England and Wales, the law of Scotland, and the law of Northern Ireland (which function as three separate systems for this purpose).
Rape is defined the same way for all three legal systems as ...
References
2008 in Northern Ireland
2008 in British law
Criminal law of Northern Ireland
Sex laws
Sexual harassment in the United Kingdom
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