For the purposes of this Part, a person consents if he agrees by choice, and has the freedom and capacity to make that choice.
Section 74: “Consent”
Sexual Offences Act 2003 (2003 c. 42)
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s.13 Child sex offences committed by children or young personss.75 Evidential presumptions about consent
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