Conversion Therapy Bill

A bill to outlaw the practice of conversion therapy in the UK.

BE IT ENACTED by The Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, in accordance with the provisions of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

(1) Definitions

(a) For the purposes of this bill, these terms have the following definitions:

(i) A professional refers to any physician specializing in the area of psychiatry, psychologists, psychotherapists, psychopharmacologists or any individual that provides any service(s) intended to be therapeutic.

(ii) Conversion therapy refers to any service intended to actively change an individual's sexual identity or gender identity.

(iii) The sexual identity of an individual refers to the individual’s sexual orientation and set of behaviours related to that orientation including, but not limited to, romantic expressions towards the object of that orientation.

(iv) The gender identity of an individual refers to the gender an individual identifies as and set of behaviours related to that gender identity.

(2) Conversion Therapy

(a) No person(s) shall provide, offer to provide or attempt to provide conversion therapy as a service to the public.

(b) No professional(s) or organisation(s) shall advertise conversion therapy as an available service to the public.

(3) Penalties

(a) Any person(s) found to be in breach of Part 2 of this act has committed an offence and may on conviction receive a fine not exceeding £10,000 or a prison sentence not exceeding 10 years.

(b) Any organisation(s) found in breach of Part 2 of this act may receive a fine not exceeding £100,000.

(c) Any professional(s) found to be in breach of Part 2 of this act may be ordered by the court to desist from offering conversion therapy and any other therapeutic service.

(d) Any statutory regulator of a professional found to be in breach of Part 2 of this act must disqualify that professional from all further professional activity.

(4) Commencement, Short Title and Extent

(a) This bill will come into effect immediately after passing.

(b) This bill may be cited as the Conversion Therapy Act 2016.

(c) This bill's reach will apply to the United Kingdom in its entirety.

This bill was originally submitted by /r/drnyan on behalf of the 4th Government and has been revised by /u/Yoshi2010 on behalf of the 11th Government.

Amendments should be sent to /u/thatthinginthecorner by 09:00 GMT on 7 December 2016.

Amendments should clearly indicate what is being amended (add, change or remove) and in Reddit format. Amendments not in this form will not be accepted.