A person (A) commits an offence if—
A makes or promises payment for the sexual services of a prostitute (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 engaged in that conduct for or in the expectation of gain for C or another person (apart from A or B).
The following are irrelevant—
where in the world the sexual services are to be provided and whether those services are provided,
whether A is, or ought to be, aware that C has engaged in exploitative conduct.
C engages in exploitative conduct if—
C uses force, threats (whether or not relating to violence) or any other form of coercion, or
C practises any form of deception.
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.