Street_Offences_Act_1959
Street Offences Act 1959
United Kingdom legislation
The Street Offences Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 57) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning street prostitution. It was passed following the publication of the Wolfenden report which discussed the rise in street prostitution at the time.
Until 2009, section 1(1) of the Street Offences Act 1959 used the old term "common prostitute" until Section 16 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 amended it to replace the term "common prostitute" with "person".