THE CONVERSION PRACTICES BILL [DRAFT BILL]
A. BILL. TO
Create new offences in relation to the carrying out of abusive conversion practices on
individuals; to make provision for conversion practice protection orders: and forconnected purposes.BE IT ENACTED by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
1 Meaning of "conversion practice" and related terms
(1) This section has effect for the purposes of this Act.
(2) "Conversion practice" means (subject to subsection (3)) any conduct carried
out by a person towards an individual with the intention of-
(a) causing the individual-
(i) to have or not to have,
(ii) to believe that they have or do not have, a sexual orientation or a
particular sexual orientation; or
(b) causing the individual-
(i) to have or not to have,
(ii) to believe that they have or do not have, a transgender identity or
a particular transgender identity.
(3) Conduct which-
(a) is carried out by a person towards an individual with such an
intention, but
(b) is carried out in the course of providing health care services to the
individual concerned,
is not a conversion practice unless the person acts in a way that falls far below
the standards reasonably expected of a person in their position.
2 Offence of carrying out an abusive conversion practice on an individual
(1) A person commits an offence if the person carries out an abusive conversion
practice on an individual which causes-
(a) serious harm to the individual's physical or mental health, or (b) serious
alarm or distress to the individual which has a substantial adverse
effect on their usual day-to-day activities.
(2) / A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable-
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates' court, to a fine or to both;
b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
5 years, to a fine or to both.