Summary Offences (Prostitution) Amendment Act 1988 (NSW)

SUMMARY OFFENCES (PROSTITUTION) AMENDMENT

ACT 1988 No. 117

NEW SOUTH WALES

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title

2.       Commencement

3. Amendment of Summary Offences Act 1988 No. 25

SUMMARY OFFENCES (PROSTITUTION) AMENDMENT ACT 1988

No. 117

NEW SOUTH WALES

Act No. 117, 1988

An Act to amend the Summary Offences Act 1988 to prohibit advertising

for prostitutes. [Assented to 21 December 1988]

2   Act No. 117

Summary Offences (Prostitution) Amendment 1988

The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Summary Offences (Prostitution)

Amendment Act 1988.

Commencement

1. This Act commences on a day to be appointed by proclamation.

Amendment of Summary Offences Act 1988 No. 25

3. The Summary Offences Act 1988 is amended by inserting after

section 18 the following section:

Advertising for prostitutes

18A. (1) A person shall not, in any manner, publish or cause to be

published an advertisement for a prostitute.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months.

(2) In this section, "advertisement for a prostitute" means an

advertisement that indicates, or that can be reasonably taken to indicate,

that—

(a) employment for a prostitute is or may be available; or

(b)	a person is required for employment as a prostitute or to act as a prostitute; or
(c)	a person is required for employment in a position that involves, or may involve, acting as a prostitute.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—

Legislative Assembly on 10 November 1988 Legislative Council on 7 December 1988]