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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-59",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110800936",
  "legislation_title": "The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008",
  "path": "article/59",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Loitering or soliciting for purposes of prostitution",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if he persistently loiters or solicits in a street or other public place for the purpose of offering services as a prostitute.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this Article shall be liable on summary conviction—\n(a) to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale, or\n(b) for an offence committed after a previous conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on that scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110800936/article/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:17:19.541187+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}