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Lord Advocate’s guidelines: Soliciting and loitering offences

Lord Advocate’s guidelines to chief constables on the available enforcement options for soliciting and loitering offences by purchasers and prescribed minimum enforcement criteria.

First published

01 Oct 2012

Last updated

14 Oct 2015

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Lord Advocate’s guidelines to chief constables on the enforcement of soliciting and loitering offences by purchasers

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The Prostitution (Public Places) Scotland Act 2007 criminalises the act of a purchaser who attempts to engage in prostitution. The Prostitution (Public Places) Scotland Act 2007 (Disqualification from Driving) Order 2011 makes provision for the person to be disqualified from driving where they were driving/in charge of a motor vehicle at the time of committing an offence. These guidelines outline the available enforcement options for the police and COPFS.