sentences:  The "Civil Marriage Amendment Act 2016" was passed unanimously in Parliament.The law received royal assent on 1 November and took effect on 15 December 2016.In Gibraltar, the age of consent for all sexual activity regardless of sexuality and/or gender was equalised at 16 in April 2011, when under Supreme Court order the previous law – under which the age of consent for gay males was 18 – was found to be unconstitutional.