Living on the Earnings of Prostitution
Living on the Earnings of Prostitution is an offence under Section 15 of the Summary Offences Act 1988 which carries a maximum penalty of 12 months in prison.
To establish the offence, the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that:
- You wholly or partly lived on the earnings of the prostitution of another person, and
- You did so knowingly
You are taken to have lived on the earnings of prostitution if:
- You were over the age of 18 years
- You lived with, or were habitually in the company of, a reputed prostitute, and
- You had no visible means of support
You are not guilty of the offence if you owned, managed or were employed by a legal brothel. A brothel can be considered legal even if only one prostitute was employed there.
A further defence to the charge is that your earnings were otherwise lawfully derived.
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