48AExceptions—medical, hygienic, veterinary, agricultural or scientific purposes

48A Exceptions—medical, hygienic, veterinary, agricultural or scientific purposes

(1) A does not commit an offence against—

(a) section 38(1) or 40(1)—if the sexual penetration or touching (as the case requires) is of a person and is done in the course of a procedure carried out in good faith for medical or hygienic purposes; or

(b) section 39(1) or 41(1)—if the sexual penetration or touching (as the case requires) is of a person and is caused by A to be done in the course of a procedure carried out in good faith for medical or hygienic purposes.

(2) A does not commit an offence against section 39(1) or 41(1)—if the sexual penetration or touching (as the case requires) is of an animal and is caused by A to be done in the course of a procedure being carried out in good faith for veterinary or agricultural purposes or scientific research purposes.

The reference to A in this section is a reference to the same A referred to in sections 38, 39, 40 and 41.

S. 48B inserted by No. 47/2016 s. 15.