7Offences against sex workers

7 Offences against sex workers

(1)  A person must not –

(a) intimidate, assault or threaten to assault a sex worker; or

(b) supply or offer to supply a prohibited plant, prohibited substance, narcotic substance or restricted substance, as defined in the Poisons Act 1971 , to a sex worker; or

(c) supply or offer to supply a controlled substance, as defined in the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 , to a sex worker; or

(d) administer to a sex worker, or cause a sex worker to take, any drug or other substance with the intent to stupefy or overpower that sex worker.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 500 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both.

(2)  A person must not, for the purpose of inducing any person to provide or continue to provide sexual services in a sexual services business or for the purpose of inducing any person to provide or continue to provide him or her with any fee or reward derived, directly or indirectly, from the provision of sexual services in a sexual services business –

(a) intimidate, assault or threaten to assault any person; or

(b) supply or offer to supply a prohibited plant, prohibited substance, narcotic substance or restricted substance, as defined in the Poisons Act 1971 , to any person; or

(c) supply or offer to supply a controlled substance, as defined in the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 , to any person; or

(d) administer to another person, or cause another person to take, any drug or other substance with the intent to stupefy or overpower that person; or

(e) make a false representation or otherwise act fraudulently; or

(f) threaten to cause a person to be deported; or

(g) exert any other form of unreasonable or unfair pressure on any person.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 1 500 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 years, or both.