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...
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of the Street Offences Act 1959 as amended by section 16 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 Summary Offences Act 1988 (NSW). Summary Offences Act 1953 (SA)...
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significantly different from street prostitution, which contravenes the Street Offences Act 1959. Nevertheless, the Sexual Offences Act 2003 makes it illegal...
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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. Section...
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criminal law relating to sexual offences between 1957 and 2004. It was mostly repealed (from 1 May 2004) by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 which replaced it, but...
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sexual offences under the law of England and Wales. General interpretation Consent As to consent, see sections 74 to 77 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003...
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Wolfenden report (redirect from Report of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution)
result, there was a police crackdown on street prostitution following the report and the Street Offences Act 1959 was passed. The report's recommendations...
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Act 2008, s 63 The Street Offences Act 1959, s 1; the Sexual Offences Act 2003, s 51A The Sexual Offences Act 2003, ss 52 and 53 The Sexual Offences Act...
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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...
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deal with offences related to female genital mutilation, paedophilia, and amend the Terrorism Act 2006. This part amends the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in...
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brothel, or other forms of pimping) are criminal offences. In 1982, the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 came into force. This prohibited soliciting...
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Soho (redirect from Broad Street pump)
prostitutes. When the Street Offences Act 1959 drove prostitution off the streets, many clubs such as the Blue Lagoon at No. 50 Carnaby Street became fronts for...
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Solicitation (redirect from Street solicitation)
persistently to loiter or solicit in a street or public place for the purpose of prostitution" under the Street Offences Act 1959 as amended. The crime of soliciting...
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Prostitution (section Street)
by the Street Offences Act 1959. These laws were partly repealed, and altered, by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and the Policing and Crime Act 2009. Since...
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[1960] 2 All E.R. 859. Under the Street Offences Act 1959, it was a crime for prostitutes to "loiter or solicit in the street for the purposes of prostitution"...
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Hughes (1960), the defendant was charged under the Street Offences Act 1959, which made it an offence to solicit prostitution in a public place. The defendant...
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Criminal conspiracy (category Common law offences in England and Wales)
the offence or any of the offences impossible, [added by S.5 Criminal Attempts Act 1981] he is guilty of conspiracy to commit the offence or offences in...
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and Crime Act 2009 (S. 20) replaced Ss 60–61 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 dealing with soliciting by a new offence, S. 60 "Soliciting":...
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intending to talk to her on suspicion of soliciting contrary to the Street Offences Act 1959. The woman scratched the female police officer's arm. As the female...
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in other countries introducing repressive legislation (e. g., Street Offences Act 1959, U.K.) followed fairly rapidly by displacement to the less visible...
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Persons Act 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 12) Sexual Offences Act 2003 Street Offences Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 57) Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (c...
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September 1959. Navy, Army and Air Force Reserves Act 1954 Marriage Act 1949 Transport Act 1953 Transport (Railway Finances) Act 1957 Family Allowances Act 1945...
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were only three classes of offence, namely offences triable only on indictment, offences triable only summarily and offences triable either way, for laying...
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consequences of the introduction of the Street Offences Act 1959. Until then, as many as 10,000 prostitutes lined the streets and alleys of Soho, facing a deterrent...
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Parts of the Vagrancy Act 1824 have not been repealed by UK Parliament, meaning some of its legal provisions remain convictable offences and are enforceable...
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Peel's Acts (redirect from Offences against the Person (Ireland) Act 1829)
(Ireland) Act 1828 10 Geo. 4. c. 34, sometimes referred to as the Offences Against the Person (Ireland) Act 1829 and as the Offences Against the Person Act (Ireland)...
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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...
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Sexual Offences- a Practitioners Guide (Richardson/Clark)". 22 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017. "Richardson and Clark: Sexual Offences A Practitioner's...
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was done because the code does not contain all the offences and it was possible that some offences might have still been left out of the code, which were...
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the offences of gross indecency under the Sexual Offences Act 1956 and of age of consent offences under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994...
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