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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/44/section/2</dc:identifier><dc:title>Sexual Offences Act 1985 (repealed)</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make, as respects England and Wales, provision for penalising in certain circumstances the soliciting of women for sexual purposes by men, and to increase the penalties under the Sexual Offences Act 1956 for certain offences against women.</dc:description><dc:date>1985-07-16</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2015-08-10</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2010-04-01</dct:valid>
					
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purpose of prostitution</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="2010-04-01" Status="Repealed" Match="false"><Title><CommentaryRef Ref="key-2e4d032bc0226728917a799243c98515"/> Persistent soliciting
.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/44/section/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/44/section/2" id="section-2"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-2e4d032bc0226728917a799243c98515"/>2</Pnumber><P1para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-2e4d032bc0226728917a799243c98515" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="cus4azpr1-00003" SectionRef="introduction" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/44">Act</CitationSubRef> repealed (1.4.2010) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/26" id="cus4azpr1-00004" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2009" Number="26" Title="Policing and Crime Act 2009">Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cus4azpr1-00005" CitationRef="cus4azpr1-00004" SectionRef="section-116-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/26/section/116/1">s. 116(1)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cus4azpr1-00006" CitationRef="cus4azpr1-00004" SectionRef="schedule-8-part-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/26/schedule/8/part/2" Operative="true">Sch. 8 Pt. 2</CitationSubRef>; <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/507" id="cus4azpr1-00007" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2010" Number="507" Title="The Policing and Crime Act 2009 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2010">S.I. 2010/507</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cus4azpr1-00008" CitationRef="cus4azpr1-00007" SectionRef="article-5-x" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/507/article/5/x">art. 5(x)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>