s 53A Paying for sexual services of a prostitute subjected to force etc.
(1) A person (A) commits an offence if— (a) A makes or promises payment for the sexual services of a prostitute (B), (b) a third person (C) has engaged in exploitative conduct of a kind likely to induce or encourage B to provide the sexual services for which A has made or promised payment, and (c) C engaged in that conduct for or in the expectation of gain for C or another person (apart from A or B). (2) The following are irrelevant— (a) where in the world the sexual services are to be provided and whether those services are provided, (b) whether A is, or ought to be, aware that C has engaged in exploitative conduct. (3) C engages in exploitative conduct if— (a) C uses force, threats (whether or not relating to violence) or any other form of coercion, or (b) C practises any form of deception. (4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.