1 Reduction in age at which certain sexual acts are lawful.
F1(1)
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F1(2)
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(3)
In section 13 of the M1Criminal 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
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F2(4)
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(5)
Section 145 of the M2Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (which is superseded by this section) is hereby repealed.