Payments run from $15,582 to $77,911 AUD (about US$11,000 to US$54,800) and are automatic once a historical charge is expunged. What The Old Laws Actually CoveredConsenting sex between men. That was section 8(1)(d) of the Police Offences Act, in force until April 2001, enforced most heavily against transgender women. Sex between men was decriminalised in 1997, making Tasmania the last Australian jurisdiction to get there. “This is about acknowledgement and justice for those gay, bisexual and transgender Tasmanians persecuted because of who they were,” he said.