SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 26Minor and consequential amendments
Part 2Other amendments
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23)
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1
Section 35 (child complainants and other child witnesses) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (3) (offences to which section applies), in paragraph (a)—
a
before sub-paragraph (v) insert—
iva
any of sections 33 to 36 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956,
b
in sub-paragraph (vi), at end insert “
or any relevant superseded enactment
”
.
3
After that subsection insert—
3A
In subsection (3)(a)(vi) “relevant superseded enactment” means—
a
any of sections 1 to 32 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956;
b
the Indecency with Children Act 1960;
c
the Sexual Offences Act 1967;
d
section 54 of the Criminal Law Act 1977.