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Western Australia Prostitution Limitation Bill 2000 CONTENTS Part 1 - Preliminary 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. Definition of prostitution and prostitute 2 Part 2 - Deterrents to soliciting 4. Detention without charge for seeking prostitute in public 3 5. Repeat apprehensions 3 6. Detention without charge for seeking client in public 3 7. Repeat apprehension within 14 days 4 8. Compulsory information on drug rehabilitation 4 9. Compulsory drug rehabilitation program 4 10 . Offences under this Act 4 page i 115--1B Western Australia LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Prostitution Limitation Bill 2000 A Bill for An Act to impose limitations on soliciting in a public place for the purposes of prostitution and for related purposes. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: page 1 Prostitution Limitation Bill 2000 Part 1 Preliminary s. 1 Part 1 -- Preliminary 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prostitution Limitation Act 2000. 5 2. Commencement This Act comes into operation on the day that it receives the Royal Assent. 3. Definition of prostitution and prostitute In this Act -- 10 (a) "Prostitution" is the transaction in which payment is the consideration for the sexual stimulation of a person ("the client") by means of physical contact between the client and another person ("the prostitute"), or between either of them and anything controlled by or emanating 15 from the other, and it is irrelevant whether payment is in money or any other form; (b) "prostitute" has the meaning given in paragraph (a). page 2 Prostitution Limitation Bill 2000 Deterrents to soliciting Part 2 s. 4 Part 2 -- Deterrents to soliciting 4. Detention without charge for seeking prostitute in public (1) A person who, in a public place, seeks another person to act as a prostitute may be apprehended by a Police officer and detained 5 in police custody for up to 12 hours and then released. A person detained for a first time under this subsection cannot be charged with an offence. (2) The power under subsection (1) may be exercized in relation to the same person on any number of occasions whether or not that 10 person is charged with an offence under section 5. (3) A person who is detained under subsection (1) must provide information sufficient to identify that person and the Police officer is to record that information. 5. Repeat apprehensions 15 A person in a public place, who, while seeking another person to act as a prostitute -- (a) is apprehended by a Police officer under section 4(1) and (b) who has previously been detained under that section on 20 one or more occasions; commits an offence. 6. Detention without charge for seeking client in public (1) A person in a public place who seeks another person to be a prostitute's client may be apprehended by a Police officer and 25 detained in police custody for up to 12 hours and then released. A person detained for a first time under this subsection cannot be charged with an offence. page 3 Prostitution Limitation Bill 2000 Part 2 Deterrents to soliciting s. 7 (2) The power under subsection (1) may be exercized in relation to the same person on any number of occasions whether or not that person is charged with an offence under section 7. (3) A person who is detained under subsection (1) must provide 5 information sufficient to identify that person and the Police officer is to record that information. 7. Repeat apprehension within 14 days A person apprehended by a Police officer under section 6 within 14 days of a previous apprehension under that section commits 10 an offence. 8. Compulsory information on drug rehabilitation A person, while in detention under section 6, must be given written information about the availability of drug abuse rehabilitation programs. 15 9. Compulsory drug rehabilitation program A person convicted of an offence under section 7 must, without further authority or order, attend a court-approved drug rehabilitation program regardless of any penalty imposed on conviction. 20 10. Offences under this Act A person charged with an offence is liable on summary conviction -- (a) for a first offence: $1000 (b) for a second offence: $3000 25 (c) any subsequent offence: $5000
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