Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017
Dates
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	^{An Act to repeal sections 146(4) and 147(3) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.}
Citation	2017 c. 26
Introduced by	John Glen (Commons) Baroness Scott of Bybook (Lords)
Territorial extent	England and Wales Scotland, Northern Ireland but the repeals have the same extent as the provisions to which they relate^[1]
Royal assent	27 April 2017
Commencement	27 April 2017^[1]
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017 (c. 26) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act repealed parts of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 that allowed homosexual acts to be grounds for dismissal from the crew of merchant ships. It was introduced to Parliament as a private members bill by John Glen and Baroness Scott of Bybook.^[2]

Provisions

The provisions of the act are:

The repeal of sections 146(4) and 147(3) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 which allowed conduct deemed homosexual as grounds for dismissal from the crew of a merchant ship.^[3]

Timetable

Through the Commons

The Bill had its first reading in the House of Commons on 29 June 2016 and its second reading on 20 January 2017.^[4] The committee stage started on 8 February and the committee reported on 24 March.^[4] The Bill passed its third reading the same day with no amendments.

Through the Lords and royal assent

The Bill had its first reading on 27 March 2017 and its second reading on 6 April.^[4] The order of commitment was discharged and so the Bill had no committee stage in the Lords. The Bill passed its third reading on 27 of April and gained royal assent the same day.^[4]