(1)Section 1(5) of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 (homosexual acts in the armed forces) is repealed.
(2)In section 80 of the M1Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980—
(a)subsection (5) (homosexual acts in the armed forces) shall cease to have effect;
(b)in subsection (7)—
(i)after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the word “ or ”; and
(ii)paragraph (d) (homosexual acts on merchant ships) and the word “; or” immediately preceding that paragraph shall cease to have effect; and
(c)subsection (8) (interpretation) shall cease to have effect.
(3)Section 2 of the M2Sexual Offences Act 1967 (homosexual acts on merchant ships) is repealed.
(4)Nothing contained in this section shall prevent a homosexual act (with or without other acts or circumstances) from constituting a ground for F1... dismissing a member of the crew of a United Kingdom merchant ship from his ship F2...
Extent Information
E1S. 146(1)(3) extends to England and Wales; s. 146(2) extends to Scotland only; s. 146(4) extends to England and Wales and Scotland see s. 172(7)(8)(13)
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 146(4) omitted (12.7.2016) by virtue of Armed Forces Act 2016 (c. 21), ss. 14(2), 19(3)(a)
F2Words in s. 146(4) repealed (28.3.2009 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)
Marginal Citations