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Subject: Re: Illegal to have ... with a 16-year-old abroad... Posted on: Sun, 11 May 2008 09:16:02 +0000 (UTC)



Alex Heney wrote:
>
> On Sat, 10 May 2008 23:41:54 +0100, Richard Miller
> wrote:
>
> >In message , Alex Heney
> > writes
> >>
> >>This change to the law allows you to be prosecuted in the UK for an act
> >>which was perfectly legal i the country where you did it, if it is an
> >>act which would have been an offence if carried out in this country.
> >>
> >>But only for .ual offences carried out against a child.
> >
> >And the fact that most of the rest of Europe has a lower age of consent
> >than we do means that this will leave a hell of a lot of people open to
> >arrest and prosecution the minute they enter this country, for entirely
> >legal and consensual .ual relationships they have had in another
> >country.
>
> Yes, provided they are UK nationals.

So if you are non-UK national, but UK resident, then UK law doesn't apply
in the UK?