Section 157 — Offence of offering to carry out hymenoplasty: Northern Ireland
Extent: N.I.
This version in force from 2022-07-01
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) It is an offence under the law of Northern Ireland—
(a) 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
(b) for a person anywhere to offer to carry out hymenoplasty if the person is a United Kingdom national or habitually resident in Northern Ireland.
(2) 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) a United Kingdom national, or
(b) habitually resident in the United Kingdom.
(3) In this section— “United Kingdom national” has the meaning given by section 156(4); “hymenoplasty” has the meaning given by section 156(2).