On Mon, 12 May 2008 09:32:55 +0000, Mike
wrote:
>Dissenter wrote:
>> On 11 May 2008 10:13:49 GMT, "joe"
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> As the offence of speeding relates to the speed limit on the section of
>>> road you are driving on, no offence will have taken place, therefore
>>> you have committed no crime.Just as you have not committed an offence
>>> by driving at 70 on a motorway close to a road with a 30 limit.
>>
>> You might as well say that having . relates to the laws and customs
>> of the country in which the act takes place.
>>
>Exactly. Going a bit further, if an 18 year old UK citizen from
>Northern Ireland, had . with his 16 year old girlfriend in England,
>would he be guilty of an offence? Would it make any difference if they
>were married?
>
No, because the legislation only applies to acts carried out outside
the countries of the United Kingdom.
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