The law on sexual offences was updated and consolidated in 2008 by the Sexual Offences (NI) Order 2008. Rape is committed if a person intentionally penetrates the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person with their penis, and that other person does not consent, and the former does not reasonably believe that the latter consents. […]
A person commits an offence if they intentionally arrange or facilitate something they intend to do or intend the other person to do or believe another person will do in any part of the world that results in the commission of any of the above offences. They do not commit an offence under the Article […]
There are various offences constituted by abuses of trust involving sexual activity in the presence of a child or causing a child to engage in such activity. A person in a position of trust applies to individuals taking care of persons in institutions under court orders where the latter are detained in residential accommodation or […]
The Sex Offenders Act 1997 provided for monitoring of sex offenders in the community on the completion of sentences. It established the sex offenders register. The Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults NI Order, 2003 provides for the establishment of a list of persons who are unsuitable to work with children or vulnerable adults. A […]