Creation/requesting the creation of purported intimate images
These provisions insert new sections into the Sexual Offences Act 2003 which provide for new offences relating to creating, or requesting the creation of, purported intimate images of an adult without consent or reasonable belief in consent.
	A purported intimate image refers to an image which appears to be a photo or video of an adult in an intimate state. The meaning of ‘intimate state’ is set out in section 66D(5) to 66D(9) in the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
	This does not cover the creation of purported intimate images of children, as the criminal law already captures the making of indecent images including deepfake images of children (i.e. those under the age of 18) in section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1978.