Sentence examples for offences apply from inspiring English sources

Explanatory notes with the legislation say the following: "The offences apply to disclosures by any person, including for example, participants in an SIO, other persons to whom information about an SIO has been communicated in an official capacity and persons who are the recipients of an unauthorised disclosure of information".

The bill will also further the reach of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, so that offences apply to habitual as well as permanent UK residents.

The BOA rule, introduced in 1992 and applying to any athlete banned for six months or more for drug offences, applies exclusively to Olympics and is now the only lifetime ban in world sport.

But the offence applies only to information relating to national security, the enforcement of a criminal law, provision of services relating to public infrastructure and the protection of public safety.

The explanatory memorandum to the bill said the offence applied to "disclosures by any person, including participants in an SIO [special intelligence operation], other persons to whom information about an SIO has been communicated in an official capacity, and persons who are the recipients of an unauthorised disclosure of information, should they engage in any subsequent disclosure".

Despite the plethora of criminal offences that apply to the media, there is no general public interest defence.

These offences only apply if the act of mutilation is done to a UK national or permanent UK resident, so there are some limitations in relation to migrants.

IPP sentences are not reserved for the most heinous of offences – they apply to people convicted of robbery, threats to kill and ABH as well as other more serious sexual and violent offences.

In 2012 the Protection of Freedoms Act was passed, which allows those who were convicted of homosexuality offences to apply to have their entire criminal records removed if the facts of the case would no longer count as a crime.

Ludlam spent considerable time questioning how the laws would work and whether they were appropriately crafted – what the limits of the computer warrant powers were, how the disclosure offences would apply – and he was accused of filibustering by the attorney general.

However, both he and Wilson are free to play against Raith Rovers in Tuesday's League Cup tie at Stark's Park as their offences only apply to league games.