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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 No. 1769
59.—(1) A person commits an offence if he persistently loiters or solicits in a street or other public place for the purpose of offering services as a prostitute.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this Article shall be liable on summary conviction—
(a)to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale, or
(b)for an offence committed after a previous conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on that scale.
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