Current Version
| Region | Cocos |
| Issue | Equal age of consent |
| Status | Unequal |
| Start Date | Jul 1, 1992 |
| End Date | Apr 16, 2002 |
| Description | When Western Australia finally decriminalised same-sex sexual activity, it set the age of consent for homosexual couples to 21, simultaneously lowering the age of consent for heterosexual couples to 16. This would apply in the Cocos Islands in 1992 when it came under the jurisdiction of Western Australia. |
| Sources | https://www.alga.org.au/files/towardsequality2ed.pdf - page 18 https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Cocos_Islands.html |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Jurisdiction change.
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| Start Date | Mar 23, 1990 | Jul 1, 1992 |
| Description | When Western Australia finally decriminalised same-sex sexual activity, it set the age of consent for homosexual couples to 21, simultaneously lowering the age of consent for heterosexual couples to 16. This also applied in the Cocos Islands. | When Western Australia finally decriminalised same-sex sexual activity, it set the age of consent for homosexual couples to 21, simultaneously lowering the age of consent for heterosexual couples to 16. This would apply in the Cocos Islands in 1992 when it came under the jurisdiction of Western Australia. |
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| Sources | https://www.alga.org.au/files/towardsequality2ed.pdf - page 18 | https://www.alga.org.au/files/towardsequality2ed.pdf - page 18 https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Cocos_Islands.html |
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created by DaisyGeekyTrans
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Unequal |
| Start Date | Mar 23, 1990 |
| End Date | Apr 16, 2002 |
| Description | When Western Australia finally decriminalised same-sex sexual activity, it set the age of consent for homosexual couples to 21, simultaneously lowering the age of consent for heterosexual couples to 16. This also applied in the Cocos Islands. |
| Sources | https://www.alga.org.au/files/towardsequality2ed.pdf - page 18 |