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Section 15A Sexual Offences Act 2003 updated


Please see the following information in respect of the new sexual offences legislation:

Sexual Communication with a child SC15A SOA 2003

Section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 inserts a new offence into the Sexual Offences Act 2003, at section 15A, criminalising sexual communication with a child. The offence carries a maximum 2 year prison sentence. This came into effect on 3rd April 2017 and will not be retrospective, and will apply in England and Wales.

These changes will mean that:


A person aged 18 or over commits an offence if they intentionally communicate with a child under 16, who the adult does not reasonably believe to be 16 or over, if the communication is sexual or if it is intended to encourage the child to make a communication which is sexual. The offence will be committed whether or not the child communicates with the adult.
The offence will apply only where the defendant can be shown to have acted for the purposes of obtaining sexual gratification.

Is this an internet specific offence?

No. The offence applies equally to online and offline communications and irrespective of the way the communication is made (for example it will apply to oral communications and written notes as well as to e-mails and text messages).


The offence has been tightly drawn to apply only where the defendant can be shown to have acted for the purposes of obtaining sexual gratification. Ordinary discussions, for example within families or in an educational context, will not be caught by the offence.

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