Sexual Offences Act 2003

Service offencesU.K.

172U.K.An offence under—

(a)section 70 of the Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18),

(b)section 70 of the Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19), or

(c)section 42 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53),

of which the corresponding civil offence (within the meaning of that Act) is an offence under a provision listed in any of paragraphs 1 to [F163A] .

Textual Amendments

[F2172A(1)An offence under section 42 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 as respects which the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales (within the meaning given by that section) is an offence listed in any of paragraphs 1 to 63A.U.K.

(2)Section 48 of that Act (attempts, conspiracy, [F3encouragement and assistance] and aiding and abetting outside England and Wales) applies for the purposes of this paragraph as if the reference in subsection (3)(b) to any of the following provisions of that Act were a reference to this paragraph.]

Textual Amendments

F2Sch. 5 para. 172A inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(1), 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 213; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

F3Words in Sch. 5 para. 172A(2) substituted (1.10.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 60, 94, Sch. 5 para. 4(3) (with Sch. 13 para. 5); S.I. 2008/2504, art. 2(a)