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  1. Cybercrime - prosecution guidance

    … circumstances of the case. Offences under the CMA 1990: Section 1 CMA 1990 – causing a computer to perform a function … is committed irrespective of whether access is obtained. Section 2 CMA 1990 - unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offence Section 3 CMA 1990 - unauthorised acts with intent to impair …

  2. Rape and Sexual Offences - Chapter 13: Sexual Offences and Youths

    … committed by children or young persons contrary to section 13 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Children exploited in … under the key legislation of this guidance and the section on Sexual Offences and Child Abuse by Young offenders … Rape and other offences against children under 13 years (section 5 – 8 Sexual Offences Act 2003) Key Points When …

  3. Witness protection and anonymity

    … Measures and Part 18 of the Criminal Procedure Rules. Section 17 (1) YJCEA 1999 provides that a witness is eligible … distress in connection with testifying in the proceedings. Section 17(4) and (5) provides that a witness will be … in respect of a sexual offence or an offence under section 1 or 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 or if they are …

  4. Voyeurism

    … Guidance Introduction Violence Against Women Offences Section 67A (1) Voyeurism Section 67A (2) Voyeurism What about those who attempt the … Public Decency, or the existing Voyeurism offences under section 67 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 . However, this …

  5. Prostitution and Exploitation of Prostitution

    … is the legal term used for a sex worker, used by section 54(2) Sexual Offences Act 2003 (SOA 2003), and is … prosecutors to consider the following four main offences: section 2 Modern Slavery Act 2015 – trafficking for sexual exploitation section 53 SOA 2003 – controlling prostitution for gain …

  6. Stalking or Harassment

    … of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (PHA 1997) and section 42A (1) Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 .  Section 32 Crime and Disorder Act 1998 creates racially or … or disability, then the sentence uplift provisions of section 66 Sentencing Act 2020 will apply. See the legal …

  7. Psychoactive Substances

    … Prosecutors in dealing with youths are those contained in: Section 44 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, which … courts to have regard to the welfare of a young person; Section 37 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, which requires … (for example, possession with intent), it should be NFA'd. Section 2 of the Psychoactive Substance Act 2016 ('the Act') …

  8. Restraining Orders

    … Principles Restraining orders may be made on conviction ( section 360 Sentencing Act, SA 2020 , and in general see sections 359 to 364) or acquittal ( section 5A Protection from Harassment Act, PHA 1997 ) for any … or any witness). For a restraining order on conviction, section 360 SA 2020 provides that a court (in the course of …

  9. Verbal abuse and harassment in public

    … to cause fear of, or to provoke, immediate violence: section 4 ; Intentionally cause harassment, alarm or distress: section 4A ; or Are likely to cause harassment, alarm or … distress (threatening or abusive words or behaviour only): section 5 . 2.  It is a defence to section 4A and section 5 …

  10. Obscene Publications

    … Possession of an extreme pornographic image, contrary to section 63 Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 Taking, … indecent images or pseudo-images of children, contrary to section 1 Protection of Children Act 1978; possession of an indecent image of a child, contrary to section 160 Criminal Justice Act 1988; possession of …

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