Report urges repeal of part of sex offences act
The Law Reform Commission has recommended that part of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act should be repealed because it fails to empower people who have limited consent capacity to realise their right to sexual expression.
In a report to be published later today, the LRC claims the existing law does not clearly provide that no offence is committed when such persons engage in a sexual act where no exploitation or abuse has taken place. The LRC said current legislation also fails to protect people with limited capacity to consent from the most common types of exploitation or abuse because it deals with sexual intercourse only. “It ignores the reality that exploitation or abuse often arises from other unwanted sexual acts.”
