Part 8Teachers

F1Allegations of offences committed by teachers in England and Wales: reporting restrictions

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

Ss. 141F-141H and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 13(1), 82(3); S.I. 2012/2213, art. 3

141HDefences

1

Where a person is charged with an offence under section 141G, it is a defence for the person to prove either of the matters mentioned in subsection (2).

2

The matters are—

a

that, at the time of the alleged offence, the person was not aware, and neither suspected nor had reason to suspect, that the publication included the matter in question;

b

that, at the time of the alleged offence, the person was not aware, and neither suspected nor had reason to suspect, that the allegation in question had been made.