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SEX WORK DECRIMINALISATION ACT 2022 (NO. 7 OF 2022) - SECT 39

Definitions

        (1)         Insert the following definition in section 35(1) of the Crimes Act 1958

"" commercial sexual services" means services involving the use or display of the body of the person providing the services for the sexual arousal or sexual gratification of others for—

        (a)     commercial benefit; or

        (b)     payment; or

        (c)     reward (including the supply of a drug of dependence within the meaning of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 )—

whether or not the commercial benefit, payment or reward accrues to, or is given to, the person providing the services or to another person;".

    (2)     After section 35(1) of the Crimes Act 1958 insert

    "(1A)     For the purposes of the definition of commercial sexual services in subsection (1), a person may provide services on a single occasion or on multiple occasions.".



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