***UPDATE ON NI LEGISLATION: Criminalisation of the purchase of sex***

Okay, we have all been wondering when this new law to criminalise the purchase of sex would be in effect, and we now know the details.

In Northern Ireland, from 1st June 2015, it will become a criminal offence to pay for sexual services. "Clause 15", formally known as "Clause 6", will:

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Originally Posted by UglyMugs.ie

"...only criminalise ‘sexual services’ where the buyer is physically in the presence of the seller, i.e. it will not criminalise the buying of remote services like phone sex or webcam sex."

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For the full article, click here.

And a link to the official report:

http://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/offici...=215896#654710

And even more amusingly, Lord Morrow tried to make it an offence to pay to watch someone touching themselves, which was heavily opposed as this would widen the scope of the law to criminalise lap dancing, strip clubs and kissograms:

http://offtherecordni.com/2014/12/sa...oitation-bill/