Prostitution Reform Act 2003

Commercial sexual services - Health and safety requirements

10: Application of Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

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"Safety rules at work apply to sex workers too"

When you are a sex worker, you are at work under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 when you provide commercial sexual services. This means the rules in the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 apply to you. Nothing in the Prostitution Reform Act stops the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 from applying to you.

You are protected by the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 when you are working as a sex worker. The rules and regulations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 still apply to you, even if you are a sex worker. This includes any approved codes of practice under that Act.

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Part 2Commercial sexual services
Health and safety requirements

10Application of Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

  1. A sex worker is at work for the purposes of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 while providing commercial sexual services.

  2. However, nothing in this Act (including subsection (1)) limits that Act or any regulations or approved codes of practice under that Act.

Notes
  • Section 10 heading: amended, on , by section 232 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (2015 No 70).
  • Section 10(1): amended, on , by section 232 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (2015 No 70).