Victorian Current Acts

SEX WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 53

    (1)     An approval under section 52(1) is automatically cancelled if at any time after it is granted or last renewed—

        (a)     the approved manager is convicted or found guilty of an offence against the Drugs,   Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 or against a law of another State or of a Territory of the Commonwealth which the Governor in Council, by Order published in the Government Gazette, declares to be a law that makes provision substantially similar to the provisions of that Act or against a corresponding law within the meaning of that Act; or

        (b)     the approved manager is convicted or found guilty of an offence that is set out in Schedule 3; or

        (c)     the approved manager is convicted or found guilty of an indictable offence punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more or of an offence which, if committed in Victoria, would have been an indictable offence punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more; or

        (d)     the approved manager serves a sentence of imprisonment, whether in Victoria or outside Victoria; or

        (e)     the approved manager becomes an insolvent under administration; or

S. 53(1)(f) amended by No. 13/2019 s. 221(Sch.  1 item 49).

        (f)     the approved manager becomes a represented person within the meaning of the  Guardianship and Administration Act 2019 .

    (2)     For the purposes of subsection (1), a conviction or finding of guilt takes effect at the conclusion of the proceeding for the offence, whether on appeal or otherwise, or at the end of any appeal period, whichever is the later.

S. 53A inserted by No. 1/2010 s. 56.