Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 11A(1) amended by No. 44/1999 s. 31(1).
(1) A person who carries on a business of a kind referred to in the definition of brothel in section 3 or who assists in the management of that business must not allow a child over the age of 18 months to enter or remain in a brothel at which that business is carried on for any purpose whatsoever.
Penalty: Level 8 imprisonment (1 year maximum) or a level 8 fine (120 penalty units maximum).
(2) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1)—
(a) it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the accused knew that the person concerned was a child over the age of 18 months; but
(b) it is a defence to the charge for the accused to prove that, having taken all reasonable steps to find out the age of the person concerned, the accused believed on reasonable grounds, at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed, that the person concerned was aged 18 years or more or under 18 months.
S. 12 amended by Nos 1/2010 s. 42(2)(Sch. items 21, 22) (as amended by No. 63/2010 ss 27, 34), 73/2011 s. 4(1), 80/2011 s. 79(Sch. item 7.2), repealed by No. 7/2022 s. 6(1).
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S. 13 amended by Nos 1/2010 s. 42(2)(Sch. items 23, 24) (as amended by No. 63/2010 s. 27), 73/2011 s. 4(2), 80/2011 s. 79(Sch. item 7.3), repealed by No. 7/2022 s. 6(2).
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S. 14 amended by Nos 16/2004 s. 55, 1/2010 s. 42(2)(Sch. item 25) (as amended by No. 63/2010 s. 27), repealed by No. 7/2022 s. 6(3).
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