72 Offences committed outside the United Kingdom

Sexual offences

72  Offences committed outside the United Kingdom

(1)     For section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c 42) substitute—

“72 Offences outside the United Kingdom

(1)     If—

(a)     a United Kingdom national does an act in a country outside the United Kingdom, and

(b)     the act, if done in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, would constitute a sexual offence to which this section applies,

the United Kingdom national is guilty in that part of the United Kingdom of that sexual offence.

(2)     If—

(a)     a United Kingdom resident does an act in a country outside the United Kingdom,

(b)     the act constitutes an offence under the law in force in that country, and

(c)     the act, if done in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, would constitute a sexual offence to which this section applies,

the United Kingdom resident is guilty in that part of the United

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