Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

SEX WORK ACT 1992 - SECT 6

    (1)     In this part:

"disqualifying offence" means—

        (a)     an offence against any of the following:

              (i)     a provision of the Crimes Act 1900

mentioned in schedule 1;

              (ii)     a provision of this Act mentioned in schedule 2;

              (iii)     the Crimes Act 1900

, section 114B (Money laundering);

              (iv)     the Criminal Code

, chapter 6 (Serious drug offences); or

Note     A reference to an offence against a Territory law includes a reference to a related ancillary offence, eg attempt (see Legislation Act

, s 189).

        (b)     an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory corresponding to an offence mentioned in paragraph (a); or

        (c)     an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory corresponding to a provision of the Criminal Code

, part 2.4 (Extensions of criminal responsibility) or section  717 (Accessory after the fact) in relation to an offence mentioned in paragraph (a); or

        (d)     an offence against the Migration Act 1958

(Cwlth), section 232A (Organising bringing groups of non-citizens into Australia), section 233 (1) (about bringing etc non-citizens into Australia in contravention of the Act) or section 233A (Other offences relating to groups of non-citizens etc); or

        (e)     an offence against a Commonwealth law corresponding to a provision of the Criminal Code

, part 2.4 (Extensions of criminal responsibility) or section 717 (Accessory after the fact) in relation to an offence mentioned in paragraph (d); or

        (f)     an offence against a law of a foreign country of a kind mentioned in schedule 3.

    (2)     To remove any doubt, this section applies to offences committed before or after the commencement of this section.