17. — (1) Sections 4 (1), 5 and 9 (1) of the Principal Act are hereby amended by the substitution of “sexual assault offence” for “rape offence”.

(2) Section 7 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution of “person” for “woman” in subsection (1), and

(b) the substitution of “the outcome of” for “an acquittal of the accused person at” in subsection (4), and

(c) the substitution of “sexual assault offence” for “rape offence” in subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (8) (a) and (10).