Victorian Numbered Acts

SEX WORK DECRIMINALISATION ACT 2022 (NO. 7 OF 2022) - SECT 1

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to decriminalise sex work and provide for the reduction of discrimination against, and harm to, sex workers; and

        (b)     to initially repeal certain offences in the Sex Work Act 1994 ; and

        (c)     to repeal the Sex Work Act 1994 ; and

        (d)     to re-enact certain offences relating to sex work involving children and coercion in the Crimes Act 1958 ; and

        (e)     to re-enact certain offences relating to sex work in the Summary Offences Act 1966 ; and

        (f)     to amend the Summary Offences Act 1966 to provide for the regulation of the advertising of sex work; and

        (g)     to amend the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 —

              (i)     to introduce a new protected attribute to protect persons from discrimination on the basis of their profession, trade or occupation; and

              (ii)     to repeal an exception permitting accommodation to be refused to persons engaging in commercial sexual services; and

        (h)     to make consequential amendments to other Acts.