Sexual Offences for Purposes of Act

1. Rape.

2. Sexual assault (whether the offence of which the person was convicted was known by that name or by the name “Indecent assault upon a female person” or “Indecent assault upon a male person”).

3. Aggravated sexual assault (within the meaning of section 3 of the Act of 1990).

4. Rape under section 4 of the Act of 1990.

5. An offence under section 1 of the Act of 1908 (incest by males).

6. An offence under section 2 of the Act of 1908 (incest by females of or over 17 years of age).

F64[7. An offence under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006.]

F65[7A. An offence under section 1 of the Act of 1935 (defilement of girl under 15 years of age).

8. An offence under section 2 of the Act of 1935 (defilement of girl between 15 and 17 years of age).]

9. The offence of buggery with a person or with an animal referred to in section 61 of the Act of 1861.

10. The offence of an attempt to commit such buggery referred to in section 62 of the Act of 1861.

11. An offence under section 3 of the Act of 1993 (buggery of persons under 17 years of age).

12. An offence under section 4 of the Act of 1993 (gross indecency with males under 17 years of age).

13. An offence under section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885 (acts of gross indecency).

14. An offence under section 5 of the Act of 1993 (protection of mentally impaired persons).

15. An offence under section 4 of the Act of 1935 (defilement of mentally impaired females).

16. An offence under any of the following provisions of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, 1998 —

(a) section 3 (child trafficking and taking, etc., child for sexual exploitation),

(b) section 4 (allowing child to be used for child pornography),

F66[(ba) section 4A (child prostitution and child pornography);]

(c) section 5 (producing, distributing, etc., child pornography),

F66[(ca) section 5A (participation of child in pornographic performance);]

(d) section 6 (possession of child pornography).

F67[16A. An offence under the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 in so far as the offence is committed for the purposes of the sexual exploitation of a person.]

17. An offence under section 2 of the Sexual Offences (Jurisdiction) Act, 1996 (sexual offences committed outside the State).

F66[17A. An offence under the following provisions of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017:

(a) section 3 (obtaining, providing etc. a child for purpose of sexual exploitation);

(b) section 4 (invitation etc. to sexual touching);

(c) section 5 (sexual activity in presence of child);

(d) section 6 (causing child to watch sexual activity);

(e) section 7 (meeting child for purpose of sexual exploitation);

(f) section 8 (use of information and communication technology to facilitate sexual exploitation of child);

(g) section 21 (sexual act with protected person);

(h) section 22 (offence against relevant person by person in authority).]

18. An offence consisting of attempting to commit an offence referred to in any of paragraphs 1 to 17 of this Schedule (other than such an offence that itself consists of an attempt to do a particular act).

19. An offence consisting of aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring or inciting the commission of an offence referred to in any of paragraphs 1 to 18 of this Schedule.

20. An offence consisting of conspiracy to commit an offence referred to in any foregoing paragraph of this Schedule.

F68[21. An offence under section 6 (inserted by section 2 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Act 2007) of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993.]