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PART 4
Purchase of Sexual Services
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Amendment of Act of 1993
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25. The Act of 1993 is amended—
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(a) in subsection (2) of section 1, by the deletion of paragraph (a),
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(b) by the insertion of the following section after section 7:
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“Payment etc. for sexual activity with prostitute
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7A. (1) A person who pays, gives, offers or promises to pay or give a person (including a prostitute) money or any other form of remuneration or consideration for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with a prostitute shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction—
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(a) in the case of a first offence, to a class E fine, and
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(b) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a class D fine.
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(2) In this section ‘sexual activity’ means any activity where a reasonable person would consider that—
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(a) whatever its circumstances or the purpose of any person in relation to it, the activity is because of its nature sexual, or
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(b) because of its nature the activity may be sexual and because of its circumstances or the purposes of any person in relation to it (or both) the activity is sexual.”,
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(c) in section 8, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
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“(2) A person who without lawful authority or reasonable excuse fails to comply with a direction under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class D fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.”,
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(d) in section 9, by the substitution of the following subparagraphs for subparagraphs (i) and (ii):
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“(i) on summary conviction to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or
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(ii) on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or both.”,
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(e) in subsection (1) of section 10, by the substitution of “to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both” for “to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both”,
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(f) in section 11, by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (i):
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“(i) on summary conviction to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or”,
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and
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(g) in subsection (1) of section 13, by the insertion of “7A,” after “7,”.
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