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The
Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980
[1]
is an Act o the
Pairlament o the Unitit Kinrick
(citation 1980 c.62) concernin
Scotland
alane. It is the
law
thit decriminalised
homosexual
acts atween twa consentin men in the kintra, an cam intae force on
1 Februar
1981.
[2]
"Subject to the provisions of this section, a homosexual act in private shall not be an offence provided that the parties consent thereto and have attained the age of twenty-one years." (§80:1)
The law had a gey bit o support frae the kintra at lairge, especially amang the youth; a
Sunday Mail
survey o 1979 sayd thit twa-thirds o young Scots supported reform. Howsoever, it wis opponed bi monie
kirk
an civic leaders.
[3]
The homosexual
age o consent
fixed bi the Act (21) wis ilka tae the homosexual age o consent in
Ingland an Wales
(exponed in the the
Sexual Offences Act
, whilk decriminalised homosexual acts in these pairts in 1967)
[4]
but wis heicher than the age o consent fae
heterosexual
fowk in the Unitit Kinrick as a hale (16 yeir auld, as exponed in the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885).
Follaein the passage o the Act,
the Kirk
began tae liberalise its views on homosexuality (altho still sayin that sex atween men wis
sin
).
[3]
The ages o consent for baith homosexual and heterosexual acts in Scotland eventually becam the same (16) wi the passage o the
Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000
.
- ↑
"Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980"
.
www.legislation.gov.uk
(in Inglis). Expert Participation
. Retrieved
4 September
2017
.
CS1 maint: others (
link
)
- ↑
"THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE (SCOTLAND)ACT 1980 (Hansard, 17 December 1980)"
.
hansard.millbanksystems.com
(in Inglis). Archived frae
the original
on 5 September 2017
. Retrieved
4 September
2017
.
- ↑
a
b
Davidson, Roger (2012).
Sexual State: Sexuality and Scottish Governance 1950-80: Sexuality and Scottish Governance 1950-80
(in Inglis). Edinburgh University Press. p. 87.
ISBN
978-0-7486-4943-3
.
- ↑
Knight, Charlotte; Wilson, Kath (2016).
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans People (LGBT) and the Criminal Justice System
(in Inglis). Springer. p. 48.
ISBN
978-1-137-49698-0
.