1 Reduction in age at which certain sexual acts are lawful.U.K.
(1)In the M1Sexual Offences Act 1956—
(a)in subsections (1A) and (1C) of section 12 (buggery); and
(b)in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 16 (indecency between men etc.) of Schedule 2 (punishments etc.),
for the word “eighteen” there shall be substituted the word “ sixteen ”.
(2)In the M2Sexual Offences Act 1967—
(a)in subsections (1) and (6) of section 1 (amendment of law relating to homosexual acts in private), for the word “eighteen” there shall be substituted the word “ sixteen ”; and
(b)in section 8 (restriction on prosecutions), for the word “twenty-one” there shall be substituted the word “ sixteen ”.
(3)In section 13 of the M3Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (homosexual offences)—
(a)in subsections (1) and (5)(c), for the word “eighteen”; and
(b)in subsection (8), for the word “18”,
there shall be substituted the word “ sixteen ”.
(4)In paragraphs (1) and (5) of Article 3 of the M4Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 (homosexual acts in private), for the word “18” there shall be substituted the word “ 17 ”.
(5)Section 145 of the M5Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (which is superseded by this section) is hereby repealed.
Commencement Information
I1S. 1 wholly in force; s. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 7(3); s. 1(1)(2)(4)(5) in force for E.W.N.I. at 8.1.2001 by S.I. 2000/3303, art. 2; s. 1(3)(5) in force for S. by S.S.I. 2000/452, art. 2(a)
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