Clause 70 - Voyeurism: interpretation

Part of Sexual Offences Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee am 4:15 pm ar 18 Medi 2003.

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Photo of Dominic Grieve Dominic Grieve Ceidwadwyr, Beaconsfield 4:15, 18 Medi 2003

Does not the caveat that follows—

''reasonably be expected to provide privacy''—

in fact provide that definition? A football stadium may be an enclosed space but, unless all the doors have been locked and bolted and everyone else excluded, no one could possibly say that it could reasonably be expected to provide privacy, and nor could a field that is surrounded merely by a low hedge or an open fence. On the other hand, if there was a walled garden with a door into it rather than a grille and that was not overlooked by any buildings or a natural feature that someone could stand on to peer in, it would be a voyeuristic activity to get a ladder and climb up in order to watch people engaging in private acts.