Terms used
3 Terms used
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 —
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
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
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.
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