(1)Section 1(5) of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 (homosexual acts in the armed forces) is repealed.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(3)Section 2 of the M2Sexual Offences Act 1967 (homosexual acts on merchant ships) is repealed.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 discharging a member of Her Majesty’s armed forces from the service or dismissing a member of the crew of a United Kingdom merchant ship from his ship or, in the case of a member of Her Majesty’s armed forces, where the act occurs in conjunction with other acts or circumstances, from constituting an offence under the M3Army Act 1955, the M4Air Force Act 1955 or the M5Naval Discipline Act 1957.
Expressions used in this subsection and any enactment repealed by this section have the same meaning in this subsection as in that enactment.
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)
Marginal Citations