Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts In this Act, unless
the contrary intention appears —
act as a prostitute means to take part, as a
prostitute, in an act of prostitution;
act of prostitution means anything the doing of
which amounts to prostitution;
child means a person whose age is less than 18
years;
client has the meaning given to that term in
section 4;
Commissioner of Police means the person holding or
acting in the office of Commissioner of Police under the Police Act 1892 ;
document includes any tape, disc or other device
or medium on which information is recorded or stored mechanically,
photographically, electronically or otherwise;
place means anywhere at all, and includes anywhere
in or on something that is moving or can move;
prohibited drug has the meaning given to that term
by section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 ;
prostitute has the meaning given to that term in
section 4;
prostitution has the meaning given by section 4;
public place means —
(a) any
place to which the public, or any section of the public, have or are permitted
to have access whether on payment or otherwise; or
(b) a
school, university or other place of education, other than a part of it to
which neither students nor the public usually have access; or
(c) a
privately owned place that is unoccupied or is occupied by a person who is not
the owner and does not have the authority of the owner.