Section 3, The Sexual Offences Act, 2012

It is not a defence to a charge under this Act that thedefendant believed the person consented to the activity that forms the subject matter of the charge where– (a) the defendant’s belief arose from his or her– (i) self-induced intoxication; or (ii) recklessness or willful blindness; or Meaning of consent. Belief in consent not a defence. (b) the defendant did not take reasonable steps, in the circumstances known to the defendant at the time, to ascertain whether the person was consenting.