Crimes Act 1958
52KNo defence of mistaken but honest and reasonable belief of certain matters 187
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52K No defence of mistaken but honest and reasonable belief of certain matters 187
(8F) Sexual servitude 189
53A Definitions 189
53B Using force, threat etc. to cause another person to provide commercial sexual services 190
53C Causing another person to provide commercial sexual services in circumstances involving sexual servitude 192
53D Conducting a business in circumstances involving sexual servitude 193
53E Aggravated sexual servitude 194
53F Deceptive recruiting for commercial sexual services 194
53G Aggravated deceptive recruiting for commercial sexual services 195
(8FAA) Commercial sexual services 195
53H Causing or inducing a child to take part in commercial sexual services 195
53I Obtaining a commercial benefit, payment or reward for commercial sexual services provided by a child 196
53J Agreement for provision of commercial sexual services by a child 197
53K Allowing a child to take part in commercial sexual services 197
53L Forcing a person into or to remain in commercial sexual service 198
53M Forcing a person to provide financial support out of commercial sexual services 199
53N Living on the earnings of a person providing unlawful commercial sexual services 199
(8FAAB) Producing, distributing or threatening to distribute intimate images 200
53O Definitions 200
53P Meaning of consent 201
53Q Circumstances in which a person does not consent 202
53R Producing intimate image 204
53S Distributing intimate image 205
53T Threat to distribute intimate image 207
53U Community standards of acceptable conduct 207
53V No defence of honest and reasonable mistake 208
53W Consent of Director of Public Prosecutions required if accused is under 16 years of age 209
53X Application for intimate image disposal order 209
53Y Notice of application for intimate image disposal order and entitlement to appear 210
53Z Intimate image disposal order 211
53ZA Appeal against intimate image disposal order 212
53ZB Disposal of thing or material by consent 213
(8FA) Other sexual offences 214
54A Bestiality 214
54B Exception—veterinary, agricultural or scientific research 214
54C Abolition of common law offence of wilful exposure 215