Member

Amendments 296, 297 and 299 seek to extend the time limits imposed by a summary offence and build on the precedent established for the creation and requesting offences in Sections 66E and 66F of the Sexual Offences Act, as created by the data Act. They will give the pre-existing sharing offence, which is Section 66B of the Sexual Offences Act, and the new taking and installation offences, which are new Sections 66AA and 66AC, parity in the law with other image-based abuse offences. I am pleased to see that the Government have tabled their own Amendment 300 in response to this, which is very welcome, to ensure that victims are not inadvertently timed out of seeking justice because of the six-month time limit on summary offences.