Prohibition of Consumption of Prostitution Services Law (Temporary Provision and Legislative Amendment) (Amendment – Establishing as a Permanent Provision) Bill

What does the bill do?

The proposal seeks to change the Prohibition of Consumption of Prostitution Law of 2019, which was enacted as a temporary provision for five years. According to the explanatory notes, an interim study by the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute showed that the law led to a decline in the consumption of prostitution. Following this finding, it is proposed to anchor the law as a permanent provision instead of a temporary one. The amendment includes deleting the description "Temporary Provision and Legislative Amendment" from the law's name and repealing Section 28, which refers to its temporary validity.