On Sat, 10 May 2008 04:46:58 -0700 (PDT), TimB
wrote:
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>From my reading of the OP, that's exactly what is being suggested. The
>UK are essentially declaring that any UK citizen having . abroad
>with a person under 18 commits an offence in the UK. That's regardless
>of whether an offence would be committed under local law, and in the
>case of 16-18 year olds, you have the bizarre situation where . may
>be entirely legal in the UK, entirely legal in the host country, but
>you commit an offence under UK law by having . with your 17 year old
>partner purely because you've gone abroad for your holidays.
That surely can't be what's meant ....who wrote that .Did they mean
what you suggest ?
The AOC is 16 in this country and aiui is at least 16 in all EU
countries .Surely they don't mean if you have . with someone of
16-17 you can be charged on your return to this country .
If such a case ever gets to court it will be interesting ....what if
the couple are from this country and have a Civil Partnership ?
This is MAD if I read it right .
Stuart |