Conduct relating to provision of commercial sexual services by person who is not an adult
217C Conduct relating to provision of commercial sexual services by person who is not an adult
A person who—
causes or induces another person who is not an adult to provide commercial sexual services; or
enters into or offers to enter into an agreement under which another person who is not an adult is to provide commercial sexual services; or
receives a payment or reward that the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, is derived directly or indirectly from commercial sexual services provided by another person who is not an adult;
commits a crime.Maximum penalty—14 years imprisonment.
The Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 161Q states a circumstance of aggravation for an offence against this section.
An indictment charging an offence against this section with the circumstance of aggravation stated in the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 161Q may not be presented without the consent of a Crown Law Officer.
If the offence is alleged to have been committed in respect of a child of or above the age of 12 years, it is a defence to an offence against subsection (1) that the accused person believed, on reasonable grounds, that the person was an adult. sch 1 pt 4 ch 22 s 217C ins 2024 No. 23 s 13
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