PART 6 N.I.MISCELLANEOUS SEXUAL OFFENCES

Other offencesN.I.

[F1Voyeurism: additional offences (breasts)N.I.

71B.—(1) A person (A) commits an offence if—

(a)A operates equipment beneath or above the clothing of another person (B),

(b)A does so with the intention of enabling A or another person (C) to observe—

(i)B’s breasts (whether exposed or covered with underwear), or

(ii)the underwear covering B’s breasts,

in circumstances where the breasts or underwear would not otherwise be visible, and

(c)either condition 1 or condition 2 is met.

(2) Condition 1 is that—

(a)A operates the equipment with the intention of enabling the observation for the purpose of—

(i)obtaining sexual gratification (whether for A or C), or

(ii)humiliating, alarming or distressing B, and

(b)A does so—

(i)without B’s consent, and

(ii)without reasonably believing that B consents.

(3) Condition 2 is that—

(a)A operates the equipment with the intention of enabling the observation—

(i)without B’s consent, and

(ii)without reasonably believing that B consents,

(b)in so operating the equipment, A is reckless as to whether B is humiliated, alarmed or distressed, and

(c)B is humiliated, alarmed or distressed.

(4) A person (A) commits an offence if—

(a)A records an image beneath or above the clothing of another person (B),

(b)the image is of—

(i)B’s breasts (whether exposed or covered with underwear), or

(ii)the underwear covering B’s breasts,

in circumstances where the breasts or underwear would not otherwise be visible, and

(c)either condition 3 or condition 4 is met.

(5) Condition 3 is that—

(a)A records the image with the intention that A or another person (C) will look at it for the purpose of—

(i)obtaining sexual gratification (whether for A or C), or

(ii)humiliating, alarming or distressing B, and

(b)A does so—

(i)without B’s consent, and

(ii)without reasonably believing that B consents.

(6) Condition 4 is that—

(a)A records the image with the intention that A or another person will look at it,

(b)A does so—

(i)without B’s consent, and

(ii)without reasonably believing that B consents,

(c)in so recording the image, A is reckless as to whether B is humiliated, alarmed or distressed, and

(d)B is humiliated, alarmed or distressed.

(7) Paragraph (8) applies where—

(a)B consents to the operation of equipment, or the recording of an image, for a particular purpose, and

(b)A operates the equipment, or records the image, for a different or additional purpose.

(8) Where this paragraph applies, then for the purposes of paragraph (3)(a) or paragraph (6)(b) (as the case may be)—

(a)B is to be taken as having not consented to the operation of the equipment or the recording of the image, and

(b)A is to be taken as having had a reasonable belief as to B’s consent only if A had a reasonable belief that B consented to the operation of the equipment, or the recording of the image, for the other purpose.

(9) A person guilty of an offence under this Article is liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.]