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SEX WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 85A

What constitutes evidence of proscribed brothel

    (1)     For the purposes of section 80(3A), the Magistrates' Court may take the following matters into consideration—

S. 85A(1)(a) amended by No. 1/2010 s. 42(2)(Sch. item 66) (as amended by No. 63/2010 s. 27).

        (a)     people entering and leaving premises consistent with the use of premises for sex work services (including number and gender of people and frequency of attendance at premises);

S. 85A(1)(b) amended by No. 1/2010 s. 42(2)(Sch. item 66) (as amended by No. 63/2010 s. 27).

        (b)     appointments at the premises for what a reasonable person would believe were the purposes of sex work services;

S. 85A(1)(c) amended by No. 1/2010 s. 42(2)(Sch. item 66) (as amended by No. 63/2010 s. 27).

        (c)     advertising, where contact details are provided which can be linked to premises offering sex work services;

S. 85A(1)(d) amended by No. 1/2010 s. 42(2)(Sch. item 66) (as amended by No. 63/2010 s. 27).

        (d)     books, accounts and other documents that contain information which is consistent with the use of premises for sex work services;

S. 85A(1)(d) amended by No. 1/2010 s. 42(2)(Sch. item 66) (as amended by No. 63/2010 s. 27).

        (e)     the arrangement of, or other matters relating to, the premises, including the presence of furniture or other items in the premises that is consistent with the use of the premises for sex work services.

    (2)     In any proceeding under this Act in which it is required to establish that sexual services were being offered or provided at a premises, evidence of the presence on premises of materials commonly used in safe sex practices is inadmissible for the purpose of establishing that sexual services were being offered or provided at the premises.

Part 6—General

S. 86 substituted by No. 103/2004 s. 61.



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