SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16Virginity testing and hymenoplasty: consequential amendments

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

3(1)Schedule 7A to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (offences for which cross-border powers of arrest available) is amended as follows.

(2)After paragraph 25 insert—

25AAn offence under any of the following sections of the Health and Care Act 2022—

(a)section 136 (virginity testing);

(b)section 137 (offering to carry out virginity testing);

(c)section 138 (aiding or abetting etc a person to carry out virginity testing);

(d)section 148 (carrying out hymenoplasty);

(e)section 149 (offering to carry out hymenoplasty);

(f)section 150 (aiding or abetting etc a person to carry out hymenoplasty).

(3)After paragraph 43 insert—

43AAn offence under any of the following sections of the Health and Care Act 2022—

(a)section 140 (virginity testing);

(b)section 141 (offering to carry out virginity testing);

(c)section 142 (aiding or abetting etc a person to carry out virginity testing);

(d)section 152 (carrying out hymenoplasty);

(e)section 153 (offering to carry out hymenoplasty);

(f)section 154 (aiding or abetting etc a person to carry out hymenoplasty).

(4)After paragraph 67 insert—

68An offence under any of the following sections of the Health and Care Act 2022—

(a)section 144 (virginity testing);

(b)section 145 (offering to carry out virginity testing);

(c)section 146 (aiding or abetting etc a person to carry out virginity testing);

(d)section 156 (carrying out hymenoplasty);

(e)section 157 (offering to carry out hymenoplasty);

(f)section 158 (aiding or abetting etc a person to carry out hymenoplasty).