On May 13, 9:09 pm, Alex Heney wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 13:03:03 -0700 (PDT), Webmanager_CritEst
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> >On May 12, 6:13 pm, Cynic wrote:
> >> On Mon, 12 May 2008 15:51:56 +0100, Ian Jackson
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> >> >*The age of consent in GB is 16. Anyone of or over that age can have
> >> >consentual . with and/or marry another who is of or over that age. Is
> >> >this not so? And although it might be 'not the done thing' for a teacher
> >> >to have . with a 16 year old, is it actually illegal?
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> >> Yes. The last change made to the .ual offences Act made it illegal
> >> for anyone in a position of trust to have . with a person under the
> >> age of 18. This would apply to a teacher, doctor, carer etc.
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> >> Cynic
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> >Further back than that, I think you will find.
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> Cite?
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