Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 - Revision history

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	'''The Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982''', No. 1536 (N.I. 19), was an Order in Council which decriminalized homosexual acts between consenting adults in [[Northern Ireland]], bringing Northern Ireland into line with the rest of the [[United Kingdom]], ~~but~~ with an [[age of consent]] of ~~18 rather than~~ 21.		'''The Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982''', No. 1536 (N.I. 19), was an Order in Council which decriminalized homosexual acts between consenting adults in [[Northern Ireland]], bringing Northern Ireland into line with the rest of the [[United Kingdom]], with an [[age of consent]] of 21.

	The Order was adopted as a result of a [[European Court of Human Rights]] case, [[Dudgeon v United Kingdom (1981)]], which ruled that Northern Ireland's criminalisation of homosexual acts between consenting adults was a violation of Article 8 of the [[European Convention on Human Rights]]. At that time there was no devolved assembly in Nortern Ireland, so legislation was enacted by the British Government by Order in Council.		The Order was adopted as a result of a [[European Court of Human Rights]] case, [[Dudgeon v United Kingdom (1981)]], which ruled that Northern Ireland's criminalisation of homosexual acts between consenting adults was a violation of Article 8 of the [[European Convention on Human Rights]]. At that time there was no devolved assembly in Nortern Ireland, so legislation was enacted by the British Government by Order in Council.

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	http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/~~2008~~/~~1769/contents/made~~ Text of the ~~order as originally made~~.		http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1982/1536#reference-c546654 Text of the Order, incorporating subsequent revisions changing the age of consent to 17.

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	'''The Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982''', No. 1536 (N.I. 19), was an Order in Council which decriminalized homosexual acts between consenting adults in [[Northern Ireland]], bringing Northern Ireland into line with the rest of the [[United Kingdom]], but with an [[age of consent]] of 18.		'''The Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982''', No. 1536 (N.I. 19), was an Order in Council which decriminalized homosexual acts between consenting adults in [[Northern Ireland]], bringing Northern Ireland into line with the rest of the [[United Kingdom]], but with an [[age of consent]] of 18 rather than 21.

	The Order was adopted as a result of a [[European Court of Human Rights]] case, [[Dudgeon v United Kingdom (1981)]], which ruled that Northern Ireland's criminalisation of homosexual acts between consenting adults was a violation of Article 8 of the [[European Convention on Human Rights]]. At that time there was no devolved assembly in Nortern Ireland, so legislation was enacted by the British Government by Order in Council.		The Order was adopted as a result of a [[European Court of Human Rights]] case, [[Dudgeon v United Kingdom (1981)]], which ruled that Northern Ireland's criminalisation of homosexual acts between consenting adults was a violation of Article 8 of the [[European Convention on Human Rights]]. At that time there was no devolved assembly in Nortern Ireland, so legislation was enacted by the British Government by Order in Council.

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'''The Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982''', No. 1536 (N.I. 19), was an Order in Council which decriminalized homosexual acts between consenting adults in [[Northern Ireland]], bringing Northern Ireland into line with the rest of the [[United Kingdom]], but with an [[age of consent]] of 18.

The Order was adopted as a result of a [[European Court of Human Rights]] case, [[Dudgeon v United Kingdom (1981)]], which ruled that Northern Ireland's criminalisation of homosexual acts between consenting adults was a violation of Article 8 of the [[European Convention on Human Rights]]. At that time there was no devolved assembly in Nortern Ireland, so legislation was enacted by the British Government by Order in Council.

==External links==

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2008/1769/contents/made Text of the order as originally made.

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