What Will the Act Mean to Me?

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• Working Within the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (file size: 488kb) This leaflet sets out the main laws affecting those who work with children and those who provide care services to people with mental disorders.
• Children and Families: Safer from Sexual Crime(file size: 508kb)
  A guide to the main provisions of the Act designed to protect children and families from sexual crime.
• Adults: Safer from Sexual Crime (file size: 885kb)
  Setting out the main provisions in the Act which are designed to protect adults from sexual crime.
• Sexual Offences Act - Protecting the Public leaflet (file size: 79kb)
  A general explanation of the Act for those working in the Criminal Justice System and stakeholders.
• Schedule 4 Sexual Offences Act 2003
  Information for men convicted of abolished homosexual offences
• HO Circular: The Removal of Offenders convicted of abolished homosexual offences from the Sex Offender Register
• Schedule 4 Application Form