It is indeed an odd law that would criminalise sex on Hampstead Heath at 2am (although I can see the 'reasonable belief' defence being used) but allow group sex in the toilets at Hamleys at 3pm on a Saturday. But...
Peers are queuing up to put ammendments to this clause. One lot want to specifically ban sex in toilets, and make being able to hear sex in a public place illegal.
Others want to insist you know you're being watched (as opposed to being reckless as to whether you are). Or delete the section on non-public out of doors spaces (eg gardens etc) entirely.
Oh and two peers want to confirm that prison cells are private spaces.
You've got time to lobby your favourite peers, as the next time they consider the bill will be the 10th - and I don't think they'll get around to this clause until the 28th.
you can't open the curtains wide, turn up the lights, and do a live sex show in the front window of your suburban house
In practice, I suspect they'd go back to a 1751 law and do you for keeping a disorderly house: "not regulated by the restraints of morality, and which is so conducted as to violate law and good order".
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Date: 2003-04-03 06:44 am (UTC)Peers are queuing up to put ammendments to this clause. One lot want to specifically ban sex in toilets, and make being able to hear sex in a public place illegal.
Others want to insist you know you're being watched (as opposed to being reckless as to whether you are). Or delete the section on non-public out of doors spaces (eg gardens etc) entirely.
Oh and two peers want to confirm that prison cells are private spaces.
You've got time to lobby your favourite peers, as the next time they consider the bill will be the 10th - and I don't think they'll get around to this clause until the 28th.
you can't open the curtains wide, turn up the lights, and do a live sex show in the front window of your suburban house
In practice, I suspect they'd go back to a 1751 law and do you for keeping a disorderly house: "not regulated by the restraints of morality, and which is so conducted as to violate law and good order".