10.—(1) A person shall not by virtue of Article 9 be guilty of conspiracy to commit any offence if he is an intended victim of that offence.
(2) A person shall not by virtue of Article 9 be guilty of conspiracy to commit any offence or offences if the only other person or persons with whom he agrees are (both initially and at all times during the currency of the agreement) persons of any one or more of the following descriptions, that is to say—
(a)his spouse[F1 or civil partner];
(b)a person under the age of criminal responsibility; and
(c)an intended victim of that offence or of each of those offences.
(3) A person is under the age of criminal responsibility for the purposes of paragraph (2) (b) so long as it is conclusively presumed, by virtue of[F2 Article 3 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998], that he cannot be guilty of any offence.
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