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NZ Law: s138 Crimes Act 1961(amended 2005)<br />

Pre 2005 was an <strong>of</strong>fence to have sexual intercourse <strong>with</strong> a<br />

“severely subnormal” woman, consent irrelevant<br />

2005 amendment sought to ensure the <strong>of</strong>fence did not catch<br />

situations where a person <strong>with</strong> intellectual impairment was able<br />

and wished to have a genuinely consensual sexual relationship<br />

To apply when complainant, although significantly impaired,<br />

retained some capacity to make meaningful decisions about<br />

their personal lives and apparently consented

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