Sex work

In legislation sex work is now called ‘commercial sexual services.’ Section 35(1) of the Crimes Act defines commercial sexual services as services involving the use or display of the body of the person providing the services for the sexual arousal or sexual gratification of others for—

(a) commercial benefit; or

(b) payment; or

(c) reward (including the supply of a drug of dependence within the meaning of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (‘DPCS Act’))—

whether or not the commercial benefit, payment or reward accrues to, or is given to, the person providing the services or to another person.

For the purposes of this definition a person may provide services on a single occasion or multiple occasions (ss35(1A) Crimes Act).