Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006

Number 15 of 2006

CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 2006

REVISED

Updated to 31 August 2024

This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 (30/2024), enacted 23 July 2024, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Waste Management (Landfill Levy) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 442 of 2024), made 2 September 2024, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

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Number 15 of 2006


CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 2006

REVISED

Updated to 31 August 2024




Number 15 of 2006


CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 2006

REVISED

Updated to 31 August 2024


AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR OFFENCES IN RELATION TO THE COMMISSION OF SEXUAL ACTS WITH CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 17 YEARS; AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH.

[2nd June, 2006]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Annotations

Editorial Notes:

E1

Offences under Act included in definition of “sexual offence” in Criminal Evidence Act 1992 (12/1992), s. 2, (7.06.2008) by Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 (8/2008), s. 12(a)(ii), commenced as per s. 15(2).

E2

Entitlement of complainant to free legal advice in a prosecution for an offence under Act provided by Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 (32/1995), s. 26(3)(b), as amended (7.03.2007) by Criminal Law (Sexual Offences)(Amendment) Act 2007 (6/2007), s. 3(4), commenced on enactment, and subsequently amended (20.07.2008) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (14/2008), s. 78(b), S.I. No. 274 of 2008.