Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Act 2007

Number 6 of 2007

CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2007

REVISED

Updated to 31 August 2024

This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Act 2007. 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 Revised Act.

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Number 6 of 2007


CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2007

REVISED

Updated to 31 August 2024


Acts Referred to

Bail Act 1997

1997, No. 16

Children Act 2001

2001, No. 24

Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998

1998, No. 22

Civil Legal Aid Act 1995

1995, No. 32

Criminal Evidence Act 1992

1992, No. 12

Criminal Law Amendment Act 1935

1935, No. 6

Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981

1981, No. 10

Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990

1990, No. 32

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993

1993, No. 20

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006

2006, No. 15

Sex Offenders Act 2001

2001, No. 18

Sexual Offences (Jurisdiction) Act 1996

1996, No. 38


Number 6 of 2007


CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2007

REVISED

Updated to 31 August 2024


AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 1993, THE CHILD TRAFFICKING AND PORNOGRAPHY ACT 1998 AND THE CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 2006; AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH.

[7th March, 2007]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: