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<p><del class="ministerial">There is no specific offence of deliberately transmitting
a sexual disease. This behaviour can be charged under Sections 18 and 20 of the Offences
Against the Person Act 1861.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">There are no current
plans to make persons convicted of these offences subject to notification requirements
(commonly referred to as being placed on the Sex Offenders Register).</del></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">Where an allegation is made to the police of deliberate transmission
of a sexual disease, the police already have powers to investigate under Sections
18 and 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.</ins></p>
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