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SEX WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 88A

Destruction of fingerprints etc.

S. 88A(1) amended by Nos 52/1998 s. 232, 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 155.24).

    (1)     The Chief Commissioner of Police must destroy any fingerprints obtained by the Authority or an authorised police officer under this Act and referred to the Chief Commissioner, and any record, copy or photograph of them, or cause them to be destroyed as soon as he or she has no further use for them.

Penalty:     10 penalty units.

    (2)     The Chief Commissioner of Police is to be considered to have no further use for fingerprints when—

S. 88A(2)(a) amended by Nos 44/1999 s. 29, 1/2010 s. 42(2)(Sch. item 67) (as amended by No. 63/2010 s. 27).

        (a)     they were obtained in connection with an application for a licence or the approval, or renewal of the approval, of a person as a manager of a sex work service providing business and the application is refused; or

        (b)     the licence or approval in connection with which they were obtained is cancelled or not renewed.

S. 88A(3) amended by Nos 52/1998 s. 232, 44/1999 s. 29, 1/2010 s. 42(2)(Sch. item 67) (as amended by No. 63/2010 s. 27), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 155.24).

    (3)     A person who in connection with an application for a licence or the approval, or renewal of the approval, of a person as a manager of a sex work service providing business has possession of fingerprints obtained by the Authority or an authorised police officer under this Act, or of a record, copy or photograph of them, must deliver them to the Chief Commissioner of Police, in accordance with his or her directions, so as to enable the Chief Commissioner to comply with subsection (1).

Penalty:     10 penalty units.



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