12 Mar 2010
HORLOR V DISTRICT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH AND ANOR HC CHCH CIV-2009-409-002499
- Citation
- openlaw-ac59d71f_d1f8_4df5_88e1_7e6f8e11fef3.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held there was no error of law in the District Court Judge's construction: s 98AA(1)(a)(i) includes dealings such as direct employment contracts with persons under 18 even if they are willing participants; the statutory text, scheme, definition of sexual exploitation, subsections, and parliamentary materials demonstrate Parliament intended a broad purposive provision to implement the Optional Protocol and to cover child prostitution and related exploitative conduct.