Part 1Sexual Offences
F1Prostitution
Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
51AF2Soliciting
1
It is an offence for a person in a street or public place to solicit another (B) for the purpose of obtaining B's sexual services as a prostitute.
2
The reference to a person in a street or public place includes a person in a vehicle in a street or public place.
3
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
4
In this section “street” has the meaning given by section 1(4) of the Street Offences Act 1959.
Heading "becomes "Prostitution"" (1.4.2010) by virtue of Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. {19}, 116(1); S.I. 2010/507, art. 5(f) (with transitional and savings provision in art. 6)