Crimes Act 1900
78Meaning of sexual servitude and sexual services for pt 5
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78 Meaning of sexual servitude and sexual services for pt 5 sexual services means the commercial use or display of the body of the person providing the service for the sexual gratification of others. sexual servitude is the condition of a person who provides sexual services and who, because of the use of force or a threat, is not free— (a) to stop providing sexual services; or (b) to leave the place or area where the person provides sexual services. (2) For subsection (1), definition of sexual servitude, the question whether, because of the use of force or a threat, a person is not free to stop providing sexual services, or to leave the place or area where the person provides sexual services, is to be decided according to whether a reasonable adult would consider, in the circumstances, that the person is not free to stop or leave. threat means— (a) a threat of force; or (b) a threat to cause a person’s deportation; or (c) a threat of other detrimental action unless there are reasonable grounds for the threat.
Sexual servitude Part 5