Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

SEX WORK ACT 1992 - SECT 15

    (1)     A person who has been convicted or found guilty of a disqualifying offence must not—

        (a)     become an interested person in relation to a commercial brothel or commercial escort agency; or

        (b)     continue to be an interested person in relation to a commercial brothel or commercial escort agency.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (2)     Any other interested person (the other interested person ) in relation to a commercial brothel or commercial escort agency commits an offence if—

        (a)     an interested person mentioned in subsection (1) becomes, or continues to be, an interested person in relation to the brothel or escort agency; and

        (b)     the other interested person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, a person who becomes, or continues to be, an interested person in relation to the brothel or escort agency is an interested person mentioned in subsection (1).

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.