Sexual Offences Act 1985


The Sexual Offences Act 1985 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created two offences concerning prostitution, and increased the maximum sentence for attempted rape from seven years to life imprisonment. The act was applicable in England and Wales only.
The new offences were kerb crawling and persistently soliciting women for the purposes of prostitution. In 1991 the Director of Public Prosecutions and head of the Crown Prosecution Service, Sir Allan Green KCB QC, was arrested for an offence under this Act and had to resign.
Sections 3, 4 and, and 5 were repealed by to the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
The whole Act was repealed by the Policing and Crime Act 2009.

Provisions

;S1 Kerb-crawling
;S2 Persistent soliciting of women for the purpose of prostitution
;S3 Penalties for certain sexual offences