Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993
Decriminalised acts of male-to-male sex, repealed the relevant sections in the Offences Against the Person Act, 1861 and repealed as a whole the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885. It also abolished the legal definition of ‘buggery’ for persons over the age of 17. This act also abolished ‘acts of gross indecency’ between males.
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