§ 14 After Clause 32, insert the following new clause—
§ REDUCTION IN AGE AT WHICH CERTAIN SEXUAL ACTS ARE LAWFUL
§ (".—(1) In subsections (1A) and (1C) of section 12 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (buggery), for the word "eighteen" there shall be substituted the word "sixteen".
§ (2) In subsections (1) and (6) of section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 (amendment of law relating to homosexual acts in private), for the word "eighteen" there shall be substituted the word "sixteen".
§ (3) In section 13 of the Criminal 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",
§ (4) In paragraphs (1) and (5) of Article 3 of the Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 (homosexual acts in private), for the word "18" there shall be substituted the word "17".").