Week Four - Legislation

Question 1

Creates New Offences…

Answer 1

Race Relations Acts 1965, 1976 – racial discrimination & harassment

Crime and Disorder Act, 1998 – racially and religiously aggravated offences

Health Act, 2006 – ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces (July 2007, England & Wales)

Question 2

Repeals Old Offences…

Answer 2

Sexual Offences Act, 1967 – made legal homosexual acts in private between consenting adults over the age of 21