65 Sex with an adult relative: consenting to penetration
Sexual Offences Act 2003 (2003 c 42) | Legislation

65  Sex with an adult relative: consenting to penetration

(1)     A person aged 16 or over (A) [(subject to subsection (3A))] commits an offence if—

(a)     another person (B) penetrates A's vagina or anus with a part of B's body or anything else, or penetrates A's mouth with B's penis,

(b)     A consents to the penetration,

(c)     the penetration is sexual,

(d)     B is aged 18 or over,

(e)     A is related to B in a way mentioned in subsection (2), and

(f)     A knows or could reasonably be expected to know that he is related to B in that way.

(2)     The ways

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