4(1)The Sexual Offences Act 1985 is amended as follows.
(2)For the heading “Soliciting of women by men” substitute “ Soliciting for the purpose of prostitution ”.
(3)In section 1 (kerb-crawling)—
(a)for “man” substitute “ person ”,
(b)for “a woman” substitute “ another person ”,
(c)for “women” in each place substitute “ persons ”, and
(d)for “the woman” substitute “ the person ”.
(4)In section 2 (persistent soliciting of women for the purpose of prostitution)—
(a)for the heading of the section substitute “ Persistent soliciting ”,
(b)for “man” substitute “ person ”,
(c)for “a woman” substitute “ another person ”, and
(d)for “women” substitute “ persons ”.
(5)In section 4 (interpretation)—
(a)omit subsections (2) and (3),
(b)for “man” substitute “ person ”,
(c)for “a woman” substitute “ another person ”,
(d)for “her” in the first place substitute “ that person ”, and
(e)for “her” in the second place substitute “ that person's ”.