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New restrictions to reduce street prostitution were added with the Street Offences Act 1959, which stated: "It shall be an offence for a common prostitute to loiter or solicit in a street or public place for the purpose of prostitution." As a result, many prostitutes left the street for fear of imprisonment.
There are offences of loitering or soliciting for purposes of prostitution, kerb-crawling and persistent soliciting, [44] There are a number of offences of causing, inciting or controlling prostitution for gain, [45] and there is an offence of keeping a brothel used for prostitution. [46] There is an offence of paying for sexual services of a ...
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 creates further offences relating to prostitution. Sections 47 to 50 prohibit child prostitution. Sections 52 and 53 prohibit pimping for financial gain. Sections 57 to 59 create offences relating to sex trafficking. The Act also inserted a new section 33A into the Sexual Offences Act 1956, which relates to brothels.
The Street Offences Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2.c. 57) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning street prostitution.It was passed following the publication of the Wolfenden report which discussed the rise in street prostitution at the time.
Long title: An Act to consolidate (with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949) the statute law of England and Wales relating to sexual crimes, to the abduction, procuration and prostitution of women and to kindred offences, and to make such adaptations of statutes extending beyond England and Wales as are needed in consequence of that ...
Common prostitute" is a term used in English law related to prostitution. The term was first used in the Vagrancy Act 1824. The term continued to be used in the Street Offences Act 1959 which maintained the illegality of street prostitution.
Trafficking into the UK for sexual exploitation, contrary to section 57 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003; Trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation, contrary to section 58 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003; Trafficking out of the UK for sexual exploitation, contrary to section 59 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003
The Sexual Offences Act 1985 (c.44) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created two offences concerning prostitution, and increased the maximum sentence for attempted rape from seven years to life imprisonment. The act was applicable in England and Wales only.