http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/26/section/15/2010-04-01Policing and Crime Act 2009An Act to make provision about the police; to make provision about prostitution, sex offenders, sex establishments and certain other premises; to make provision for reducing and dealing with the abuse of alcohol; to make provision about the proceeds of crime; to make provision about extradition; to amend the Aviation Security Act 1982; to make provision about criminal records and to amend the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007; to confer, extend or facilitate search, forfeiture and other powers relating to the United Kingdom's borders or elsewhere; to make further provision for combatting crime and disorder; to repeal redundant provisions; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2021-05-04Expert Participation2010-04-01 Part 2 Sexual offences and sex establishments<Emphasis>Prostitution</Emphasis>Paying for sexual services of a prostitute subjected to force <Abbreviation Expansion="Et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc</Abbreviation>: Northern Ireland15After Article 64 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 1769 (N.I. 2)) insert—Paying for sexual services of a prostitute subjected to force <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation>64A1A person (A) commits an offence if—aA makes or promises payment for the sexual services of a prostitute (B),ba third person (C) has engaged in exploitative conduct of a kind likely to induce or encourage B to provide the sexual services for which A has made or promised payment, andcC engaged in that conduct for or in the expectation of gain for C or another person (apart from A or B).2The following are irrelevant—awhere in the world the sexual services are to be provided and whether those services are provided,bwhether A is, or ought to be, aware that C has engaged in exploitative conduct.3C engages in exploitative conduct if—aC uses force, threats (whether or not relating to violence) or any other form of coercion, orbC practises any form of deception.4A person guilty of an offence under this Article shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.S. 15 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/507, art. 5(b)
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