Criminal Law (Rape) (Sexual Experience of Complainant) Bill 1998

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

Requires the defence to give at least 21 days’ notice if it wants to raise a complainant’s previous sexual experience in a sexual-assault trial. The complainant must be informed, may have an independent solicitor or barrister, and can argue against allowing the evidence; the judge decides whether it can be used.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Criminal Law (Rape) Act, 1981, in order to provide for the procedure whereby evidence of the complainant's sexual experience may be adduced by or on behalf of an accused person in the trial of sexual assault offences

Last updated 12 April 2018