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| Name: | Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017 (c. 26). |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s): | Equality of opportunity and treatment; Seafarers |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2017-04-26 |
| Entry into force: | |
| ISN: | GBR-2017-L-104504 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=104504&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Legislation on-line  Legislation.gov.uk, National Archives, United Kingdom PDF (consulted on 2017-06-12) |
| Abstract/Citation: | An Act to repeal sections 146(4) and 147(3) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. These sections provided that a homosexual act could constitute grounds for dismissal of a crew member of a United Kingdom merchant ship. |
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