Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007

Public bill · Government · Presented

The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007 would make it an offence to solicit or pressure a child or mentally impaired person to commit a sexual offence, with penalties of up to five years’ imprisonment, and would strengthen related protections in court and bail proceedings. It would also broaden child sexual exploitation offences and create a new “grooming” offence covering meeting, or travelling to meet, a child after repeated communications for sexual exploitation, punishable by up to 14 years’ imprisonment.

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Bill entitled an Act to amend the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993, the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 and the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006; and to provide for matters connected therewith

Last updated 25 September 2018