Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) A child is not to
seek another person to act as a prostitute.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection (1), a child seeks another person to act as a prostitute if
the child —
(a)
invites or requests another person to act as a prostitute; or
(b)
loiters in or frequents a place for the purpose of, or with the intention
of —
(i)
inviting or requesting another person to
act as a prostitute; or
(ii)
receiving an invitation for another person to act as a
prostitute.
(3) It makes no
difference —
(a)
whether or not the child is the prospective client;
(b)
whether or not a particular person is sought to act as a prostitute; or
(c)
whether the child makes or intends to make the invitation or request directly
or through someone else to, or intends to receive the invitation directly or
through someone else from, the person whom the child seeks to act as
a prostitute.