Does the Sexual Offences Act 2003 allow health professionals and others working with young people to provide confidential sexual health advice and treatment?
Yes, Government has committed to ensure the Act will not prevent the provision of confidential advice and treatment to young people under 16, including those under 13. In light of concerns that were raised about the implications of the Act for those who provide sexual health care and advice to young people, an exception has been introduced, in statute, to make it clear that a person does not commit an offence if he acts for the purpose of: • protecting the young person from sexually transmitted infection, • protecting the physical safety of the young person, • preventing the young person from becoming pregnant, • promoting the young person’s emotional well-being by the giving of advice. ….as long as he does not act for the purpose of causing or encouraging activity constituting an offence, or the child’s participation in it. Nor does the exception apply if the person is acting for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification. The exception covers not only health professionals, but als
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