# Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000, Section 1: Reduction in age at which certain sexual acts are lawful.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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”,
there shall be substituted the word “ sixteen ”.
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) Section 145 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (which is superseded by this section) is hereby repealed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/44/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-amendment-act-2000/section-1
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