Section 14 Paying for sexual services of a prostitute subjected to force etc: England and WalesI1

After section 53 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42) insert—

“Paying for sexual services of a prostitute subjected to force etc.

53A

(1)

A person (A) commits an offence if—

(a)

A makes or promises payment for the sexual services of a prostitute (B),

(b)

a 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, and

(c)

C engaged in that conduct for or in the expectation of gain for C or another person (apart from A or B).

(2)

The following are irrelevant—

(a)

where in the world the sexual services are to be provided and whether those services are provided,

(b)

whether A is, or ought to be, aware that C has engaged in exploitative conduct.

(3)

C engages in exploitative conduct if—

(a)

C uses force, threats (whether or not relating to violence) or any other form of coercion, or

(b)

C practises any form of deception.

(4)

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.”