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Section 137: Offence of offering to carry out virginity testing: England and Wales

Health and Care Act 2022 · 2022 c. 31View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 5: Virginity testing and hymenoplasty offences — CHAPTER 1: Virginity testing offences

It is an offence under the law of England and Wales—

for a person in England and Wales to offer to carry out virginity testing in the United Kingdom or virginity testing that has a sufficient jurisdictional connection, or
for a person anywhere to offer to carry out virginity testing if the person is a United Kingdom national or habitually resident in England and Wales.

Virginity testing has a sufficient jurisdictional connection for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) if it is carried out in relation to a person who is—

a United Kingdom national, or
habitually resident in the United Kingdom.

In this section—

  • “United Kingdom national” has the meaning given by section 136(4);

  • “virginity testing” has the meaning given by section 136(2).

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