 Eventually NSW became a model for debates on liberalising prostitution laws.But almost immediately, community pressure started to build for additional safeguards, particularly in Darlinghurst , although police still utilised other legislation such as the "Offences in Public Places Act 1979" for unruly behaviour.Eventually, this led to a subsequent partial recriminalisation of street work with the "Prostitution (Amendment) Act 1983", of which s.8A stipulates that;
(1) A person in a public street shall not, near a dwelling, school, church or hospital, solicit another person for the purpose of prostitution ... 
(2) A person shall not, in a school, church or hospital, solicit another person for the purpose of prostitution.