TimB wrote:
> On 10 May, 09:07, "Dr Zoidberg"
> wrote:
>> "Cub Reporter" wrote in message
>>
>> news:ifg924589lgkranqctfa3o92eu9ptfdrhq@4ax.com...
>>
>>> ...but OK at home. Regardless of the laws and customs of the foreign
>>> country (and whether you took the 16-year-old with you presumably).
>>> News article:
>>> =========================================
>>> We will now be able to prosecute UK nationals here for a .ual
>>> offence committed against a child anywhere in the world, so long as
>>> the act committed would be a relevant offence in this country. We have
>>> also raised the age of a child for these purposes from 16 to 18.
>> Yes?
>>
>> What's the problem?
>>
>> Lots of things are illegal in some countries and not others so it's common
>> sense that the local laws should apply.
>>
>> If it's illegal to have . with a 16 year old in that country then you
>> could be prosecuted for doing so.
>> If it's not illegal then you haven't done anything wrong.
>
> You seem to have missed the point. The law as I understand it is this:
>
> - You can have . with anyone aged 16 or over in the UK
> - If you go to a country where the age of consent is, say, 14, and
> have . with a 14 year old, you commit no offence locally, but will
> be arrested under UK law when you return home, despite having
> committed no crime either in the UK or the country you visited.
> - If you go on holiday with your 16 year old girlfriend, and have .,
> you can be arrested on your return, despite the act being legal in
> both the UK and the country you visited.
It isn't legal in all of the UK at 16 - people seem to forget that the
AOC is 17 in Northern Ireland.
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Robbie |