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the counter in local pharmacies reignited controversy. Mrs Gillick had, however, a second line of attack. The Sexual Offences Act 1956 made it a criminal offence ‘to cause or encourage … the commission of unlawful sexual intercourse with … a girl for whom [the] accused is responsible’. So Mrs Gillick argued that providing contraception for a girl under 16 amounted to ‘encouraging’ that crime. The Law Lords dismissed this second claim too. The Sexual Offences Act 2003 replaces the 1956 Act. It creates a raft of new criminal offences and toughens up the law relating
, including the Domestic Violence Bill 2017 and the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, which supplement existing legislation and fulfil some of the obligations under the Directive. However, the primary piece of legislation in this regard is the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017, the long title of which identifies it as ‘an act to give effect to provisions of Directive 2012/29/EU … establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime’. This Act therefore purports to fulfil Ireland's obligations under the Directive, yet it
domestic violence legislation such as barring and safety orders and hearings relating to breaches of these orders. As regards participation , a notable feature of the Bill is the introduction of victim impact statements for all victims who have suffered harm directly caused by an offence. Previously, such a provision applied to only a limited number of offences. The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 increases protection for victims of sexual offences in a number of significant ways. Perhaps most notably, the Act introduces a procedure for regulating the