LegalizeSoliciting for the purpose of prostitution
Kerb-crawling
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- (1) A person commits an offence if he solicits another person (or different persons ) for the purpose of prostitution—
- (a) from a motor vehicle while it is in a street or public place; or
- (b) in a street or public place while in the immediate vicinity of a motor vehicle that he has just got out of or off,
persistently or, . . . in such manner or in such circumstances as to be likely to cause annoyance to the person (or any of the persons ) solicited, or nuisance to other persons in the neighbourhood.
- (2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale . . ..
- (3) In this section “motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act 1988.
Persistent soliciting of women for the purpose of prostitution
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- (1) A person commits an offence if in a street or public place he persistently solicits a another person (or different persons ) for the purpose of prostitution.
- (2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale . . ..
Increase of penalties
Penalties for certain sexual offences
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Supplementary
Interpretation
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- (1) References in this Act to a person solicitinganother person for the purpose of prostitution are references to his soliciting that person for the purpose of obtaining that person’s services as a prostitute.
- (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (4) For the purposes of this Act “street” includes any bridge, road, lane, footway, subway, square, court, alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, which is for the time being open to the public; and the doorways and entrances of premises abutting on a street (as hereinbefore defined), and any ground adjoining and open to a street, shall be treated as forming part of the street.
Short title, commencement, etc.
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- (1) This Act may be cited as the Sexual Offences Act 1985.
- (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (3) The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
- (4) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
- (5) Nothing in this Act shall apply in relation to any offence committed or act done before this Act comes into force.
- (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (7) This Act extends to England and Wales only.
SCHEDULE
Kerb-crawling.
Persistent soliciting .
Penalties for certain sexual offences.
Short title, commencement etc.
Editorial notes
[^c766335]: Act not in force at Royal Assent; Act wholly in force at 16.9.1985 see s. 5(4)
[^c766338]: Words in s. 1(1) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993, c. 50, s. 1(1); Sch. 1, Pt. I Gp. 1
[^c766339]: Words in s. 1(2) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993, c. 50, s. 1(1); Sch. 1, Pt. XIV
[^c766340]: Words substituted by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. 4 para. 29
[^c766342]: Words in s. 2(2) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993, c. 50, s. 1(1); Sch. 1, Pt. XIV
[^c766348]: S. 5(6) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993, c. 50, s. 1(1); Sch. 1, Pt.I Gp. 1
[^key-2724c15d6fb18194386313b8db42bdfc]: Word in s. 1 substituted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(a); S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
[^key-2333cb87e919dddab98d85bdbc6e7de0]: Words in s. 1 substituted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(b); S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
[^key-7c01c65848e49791b74ca384429cde6a]: Word in s. 1 substituted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(c); S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
[^key-0917019ace16752432b0c93056ae4657]: Words in s. 1 substituted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(d); S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
[^key-7b33100316a05474da009c8ba51587e1]: Heading substituted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 1 para. 4(2); S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
[^key-7ff15edcc9668fdb9e402d3685421a37]: S. 2 heading substituted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 1 para. 4(4)(a); S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
[^key-998081b53cba71e765ebed702dee6d6e]: Word in s. 2(1) substituted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 1 para. 4(4)(b); S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
[^key-64e6c9a76f7505039958f6f669a8a638]: Words in s. 2(1) substituted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 1 para. 4(4)(c); S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
[^key-38650f9ee912a206e2dd12b4053fd732]: Word in s. 2(1) substituted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 1 para. 4(4)(d); S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
[^key-4939a0c1fd7378fe260adf6143a33275]: S. 3 repealed (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 7; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
[^key-281ca81040ecb98336d0ac9038cf9531]: Word in s. 4(1) substituted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 1 para. 4(5)(b); S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
[^key-366bfd1426dba5827fd3f4d1a6f7f4e7]: Words in s. 4(1) substituted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 1 para. 4(5)(c); S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
[^key-2f321da1d7e874044036419a6ad52e27]: Words in s. 4(1) substituted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 1 para. 4(5)(d); S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
[^key-0f53139954971f37bfca49ffae45e99a]: Words in s. 4(1) substituted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 1 para. 4(5)(e); S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
[^key-64933ca3bc6b59aa55685ddb8635db1c]: S. 4(2)(3) repealed (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 1 para. 4(5)(a), Sch. 7; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2
[^key-6e6f54faea6923ab8d3a05f21c74544b]: S. 5(2) repealed (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 7; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2