On Sat, 10 May 2008 08:29:29 GMT, Mike_B
wrote:
>In message , Dr Zoidberg
> writes
>>"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.
>>
>
>It is common sense that local laws should apply locally. Not that
>foreign laws should be enforceable here for an action which isn't an
>offence here.
But it is the exact opposite of that which this law does.
Namely that you can be prosecuted *here* for something you do abroad
which *is* a crime in this country (even if it isn't where you did
it).
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