{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/26",
  "legislation_title": "Policing and Crime Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Amendment to offence of loitering etc for purposes of prostitution",
  "text": "(1) The Street Offences Act 1959 (c. 57) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1) of section 1 (loitering or soliciting for purposes of prostitution)—\n(a) for “common prostitute” substitute “ person ”, and\n(b) after “female)” insert “ persistently ”.\n(3) In subsection (4) of that section after “section” insert\n“—\n(a) conduct is persistent if it takes place on two or more occasions in any period of three months;\n(b) any reference to a person loitering or soliciting for the purposes of prostitution is a reference to a person loitering or soliciting for the purposes of offering services as a prostitute;”.\n(c)\n(4) Omit section 2 (application to court by person cautioned for loitering or soliciting).\n(5) In determining for the purposes of section 1 of the Street Offences Act 1959 (c. 57) (as amended by this section) whether a person's conduct is persistent, any conduct that takes place before the commencement of this section is to be disregarded.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 16 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/507, art. 5(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/26/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:38.465629+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."
}