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'''The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980''' was an Act of Parliament in the [[United Kingdom]] (which still legislated for Scotland at that time). It made many changes to the law in [[Scotland]], but most notably Section 80 decriminalized private homosexual acts between two consenting adults (with an [[Age of consent]] of 21), bringing Scottish law in line with what had been enacted for [[England and Wales]] in the [[Sexual Offences Act 1967]]. A similar change for [[Northern Ireland]] did not come into effect until 1982.

"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)

==External links==
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/62/contents/enacted Text of the Act as originally enacted.

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