PROSTITUTION AMENDMENT ACT 2008 (NO. 13 OF 2008)

Table of Provisions

• Long Title
• Preamble

PART 1 -- Preliminary  

• 1 Short title  
• 2 Commencement  

PART 2 -- Prostitution Act 2000 amended  

• 3 The Act amended  
• 4 Section 1 amended  
• 5 Section 3 amended  
• 6 Section 4 amended  
• 7 Section 4A inserted  
• 8 Part 2 heading amended  
• 9 Section 7 amended  
• 10 Section 8 replaced by sections 8 and 8A  
11. Section 9 amended  
• 12 Section 10 amended  
• 13 Section 10A inserted  
• 14 Sections 13A and 13B inserted  
• 15 Part 2 Division 2 heading replaced  
• 16 Section 14 amended  
• 17 Section 17 amended  
• 18 Section 20 amended  
• 19 Section 21 amended  
• 20 Section 21A and PART 3A inserted  
21A. Obligations, in relation to children, of those who operate sexual service business 12  

PART 3A -- Sexual service business  

Division 1 -- Requirement for certificate  

Division 2 -- Manager’s or operator’s certificate  

Division 3 -- Suspension or revocation of certificate  

Division 4 -- Conducting a sexual service business  

Division 5 -- Protection of sex workers and clients  

Division 6 -- Powers of entry  

Division 7 -- Review by State Administrative Tribunal  

Division 8 -- Planning and development controls  

Division 9 -- Offences  

• 22 Section 56 amended  
• 23 Section 57 amended  
• 24 Section 58 amended  
• 25 Sections 59A and 60 inserted  
• 26 Schedule 2 inserted  
Schedule 2 -- Offences relevant to granting a certificate  
• 27 Various references to prostitute changed to sex worker  
• 28 Various references to prostitute’s changed to sex worker’s  
• 29 Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004 amended  
• 30 The Criminal Code amended  
• 31 Evidence Act 1906 amended  
• 32 Liquor Control Act 1988 amended  
• 33 Nurses and Midwives Act 2006 amended  
• 34 Western Australian College of Teaching Act 2004 amended  
• 35 Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 amended  
• 36 Young Offenders Act 1994 amended  

[Assented to 14 April 2008]