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Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017
Participation of child in pornographic performance
13. The Act of 1998 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 5:
“5A. (1) A person who—
(a) causes, incites, compels or coerces, or
(b) recruits, invites or induces,
a child to participate in a pornographic performance, or gains from such participation, shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person who attempts to commit an offence under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years.
(4) A person who knowingly attends a pornographic performance shall be guilty of an offence.
(5) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or both.
(6) In this section—
‘attends a pornographic performance’ includes viewing the performance by means of information and communication technology,
‘pornographic performance’ means a live exhibition aimed at an audience, including by means of information and communication technology, of—
(a) a child engaged in real or simulated sexually explicit activity, or
(b) the sexual organs of a child for primarily sexual purposes.”.