Part V Miscellaneous
Loitering and soliciting
71 Abolition of imprisonment for loitering and soliciting for purposes of prostitution.
1
The following subsection shall be substituted for section 1(2) of the M1Street Offences Act 1959—
2
A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale, as defined in section 75 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982, or, for an offence committed after a previous conviction, to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 3 on that scale.
2
The subsection substituted by subsection (1) above for section 1(2) of the Street Offences Act 1959 shall have effect in relation to offences committed before as well as after this section comes into force.