a) obtain information about that person's circumstances from an officer of a local authority or otherwise and consider that information; and For the purposes of subsection (2) above, a certificate of the Lord Advocate as to the date on which the evidence in question came to his knowledge is conclusive evidence of the date on which it did so.

d) was married to that person, at the time when the sexual intercourse took place, by a marriage entered into outside Scotland and recognised as valid by Scots law. Section cited in: one case, 6 Laws or Regulations Amended bySection 1 consolidates the offence of incest. It applies when a male and a female related in certain ways have sexual intercourse. It applies only to close relatives (father, son, grandfather, grandson, great grandfather, great grandson, brother, uncle, nephew, and female equivalents) and to current or former adoptive fathers, mothers, sons and daughters, and applies to both full blood and half blood relationships. There are defences where the accused proves that he did not know that the relationship existed, where the accused did not consent and where the parties were married outside Scotland. This section consolidates section 2A of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976, as inserted by the Incest and Related Offences (Scotland) Act 1986. Section 10 makes it an offence for a person with parental responsibilities in relation to a girl under 16 to cause or encourage the seduction or prostitution, unlawful sexual intercourse or the commission of an indecent assault on her. Any person who attempts to have unlawful sexual intercourse with any girl under the age of 13 years shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months. any article or substance whose main purpose is the emission of a flare for purposes of illuminating or signalling (as opposed to igniting or heating) or the emission of smoke or a visible gas; and in particular it includes distress flares, fog signals, and pellets and capsules intended to be used as fumigators or for testing pipes, but not matches, cigarette lighters or heaters; and

Any person who has unlawful sexual intercourse with any girl under the age of 13 years shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life.

Changes over time for: Section 26

F43“ railway vehicle ” means a railway vehicle within the meaning of section 83 of the Railways Act 1993 (c.43) that is used in the provision of a railway service within the meaning of section 82 of that Act (excluding the wider meaning of “railway” given by section 81(2) of that Act);