25. The Act of 1993 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2) of section 1, by the deletion of paragraph (a),

(b) by the insertion of the following section after section 7:

“Payment etc. for sexual activity with prostitute

7A. (1) A person who pays, gives, offers or promises to pay or give a person (including a prostitute) money or any other form of remuneration or consideration for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with a prostitute shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction—

(a) in the case of a first offence, to a class E fine, and

(b) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a class D fine.

(2) In this section ‘sexual activity’ means any activity where a reasonable person would consider that—

(a) whatever its circumstances or the purpose of any person in relation to it, the activity is because of its nature sexual, or

(b) because of its nature the activity may be sexual and because of its circumstances or the purposes of any person in relation to it (or both) the activity is sexual.”,

(c) in section 8, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) A person who without lawful authority or reasonable excuse fails to comply with a direction under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class D fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.”,

(d) in section 9, by the substitution of the following subparagraphs for subparagraphs (i) and (ii):

“(i) on summary conviction to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or

(ii) on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or both.”,

(e) in subsection (1) of section 10, by the substitution of “to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both” for “to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both”,

(f) in section 11, by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (i):

“(i) on summary conviction to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or”,

and

(g) in subsection (1) of section 13, by the insertion of “7A,” after “7,”.