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Section 157: Offence of offering to carry out hymenoplasty: Northern Ireland

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

Part 5: Virginity testing and hymenoplasty offences — CHAPTER 2: Hymenoplasty offences

It is an offence under the law of Northern Ireland—

for a person in Northern Ireland to offer to carry out hymenoplasty in the United Kingdom or hymenoplasty that has a sufficient jurisdictional connection, or
for a person anywhere to offer to carry out hymenoplasty if the person is a United Kingdom national or habitually resident in Northern Ireland.

Hymenoplasty 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 156(4);

  • “hymenoplasty” has the meaning given by section 156(2).

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