Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Valid from 24/03/2003

Pimps and brothelsN.I.

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8(1)An offence under any of the following provisions of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (c. 69)—

(a)section 2 (procuring a woman or girl);

(b)section 3 (procuring a woman or girl by threats or false pretences);

(c)section 8 (detaining a woman in a brothel);

(d)section 13(3) (letting premises for use as a brothel).

(2)An offence under section 1(1) of the Vagrancy Act 1898 (c. 39) (man living on the earnings of prostitution).

(3)An offence under that Act as extended by section 7(4) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912 (c. 20) (woman exercising control over prostitute)).

(4)An offence under section 21 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 34) (causing or encouraging prostitution etc of girl under 17).

(5)An offence under Article 8 of the Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/1536 (N.I. 19)) (living on the earnings of male prostitute).

(6)An offence under Article 122(1)(b) or (c) of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4)) (procuring or causing prostitution by woman suffering from severe mental handicap).

(7)An offence of keeping a bawdy house.