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50D Sexual penetration of a step-child

(1)A person (A) commits an offence if—

(a)A intentionally—

(i)sexually penetrates another person (B); or

(ii)causes or allows B to sexually penetrate A; and

(b)B is a child or lineal descendant of A's spouse or domestic partner; and

(c)A knows that B is a child or lineal descendant of A's spouse or domestic partner.

(2)A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable to level 2 imprisonment (25 years maximum).

(3)The standard sentence for an offence against subsection (1) is 10 years if B is, at the time of the offence, under the age of 18 years.

S. 50D(3) inserted by No. 34/2017 s. 34(1).

1Exceptions apply to this offence—see sections 50G and 50I.

2A defence applies to this offence—see section 50H.

3B's consent is not a defence to this offence—see section 50K.

4See sections 5A and 5B of the Sentencing Act 1991 as to standard sentences.

5An offence against subsection (1) is a category 1 offence under the Sentencing Act 1991 if B is, at the time of the offence, under the age of 18 years. See section 5(2G) of that Act for the requirement to impose a custodial order for this offence.