PROSTITUTION ACT 2000 - SECT 22

PROSTITUTION ACT 2000 - SECT 22

22 .         Terms used

        (1)         In this Part —

        Commissioner means the Commissioner of Police;

        conveyance means anything used or capable of being used to transport people or goods by air, land, or water, and it does not matter how it is propelled or that it may ordinarily be stationary;

        juvenile justice team means a juvenile justice team under Part 5 Division 2 of the Young Offenders Act 1994 ;

        offence means an offence under this Act.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Part a person is lawfully entitled to possess something if —

            (a)         the person owns it or is authorised by the owner to possess it; and

            (b)         the possession is not prohibited by law or is authorised, justified or excused by law.