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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Consequential Provision) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 28th March 2023.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
2 
In Schedule 2 (Offences Under the Common Law of England and Wales and Statutory Offences that Apply Only in England and Wales) to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Specification of Particularly Serious Crimes) Order 2004 under the heading “Sexual Offences Act 2003”, in the entry relating to section 14(1) of that Act, for “9” substitute “5”.
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In Part 2 (Sexual Offences (Persons under the age of 16) Category) of the Schedule to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Categories of Offences) Order 2004, in paragraph 25 for “sections 9 and 10” substitute “any of sections 5 to 10”.
Sarah Dines
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
2nd March 2023