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Sexual Offences Act 2003

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128 Offence: breach of RSHO or interim RSHO etc

(1) A person who, without reasonable excuse, does anything that the person is prohibited from doing by— (a) a risk of sexual harm order, (b) an interim risk of sexual harm order, (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . commits an offence. (1A) A person who, without reasonable excuse— (a) does anything that the person is prohibited from doing by a sexual risk order or an interim sexual risk order, or (b) fails to do something that the person is required to do by a sexual risk order or an interim sexual risk order, commits an offence. (1B) A person who, without reasonable excuse— (a) does anything that the person is prohibited from doing by a relevant Scottish order, or (b) fails to do something that the person is required to do by a relevant Scottish order, commits an offence. (1C) In subsection (1B) “relevant Scottish order” means— (a) a sexual risk order made under section 27 of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 22), or (b) an interim sexual risk order made under section 31 of that Act. (2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable— (a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both; (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years. (3) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, it is not open to the court by or before which he is convicted to make, in respect of the offence, an order for conditional discharge.

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128 Offence: breach of RSHO or interim RSHO etc

(1) A person who, without reasonable excuse, does anything that the person is prohibited from doing by— (a) a risk of sexual harm order, (b) an interim risk of sexual harm order, (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . commits an offence. (1A) A person who, without reasonable excuse— (a) does anything that the person is prohibited from doing by a sexual risk order or an interim sexual risk order, or (b) fails to do something that the person is required to do by a sexual risk order or an interim sexual risk order, commits an offence. (1B) A person who, without reasonable excuse— (a) does anything that the person is prohibited from doing by a relevant Scottish order, or (b) fails to do something that the person is required to do by a relevant Scottish order, commits an offence. (1C) In subsection (1B) “relevant Scottish order” means— (a) a sexual risk order made under section 27 of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 22), or (b) an interim sexual risk order made under section 31 of that Act. (2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable— (a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both; (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years. (3) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, it is not open to the court by or before which he is convicted to make, in respect of the offence, an order for conditional discharge.

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