Northern Territory Numbered Acts

SEX INDUSTRY ACT 2019 (NO 40 OF 2019) - SECT 12

    (1)     A person (the defendant ) commits an offence if:

    (a)     the defendant intentionally engages in conduct; and

    (b)     the conduct results in another person performing sex work, or working for or in a sex services business, and the defendant is reckless in relation to the result; and

    (c)     the other person is under 14 years old.

Maximum penalty:     Imprisonment for 14 years.

    (2)     A person (the defendant ) commits an offence if:

    (a)     the defendant intentionally engages in conduct; and

    (b)     the conduct results in another person performing sex work, or working for or in a sex services business, and the defendant is reckless in relation to the result; and

    (c)     the other person is a child who is at least 14 years old.

Maximum penalty:     Imprisonment for 7 years.

    (3)     Strict liability applies to subsections (1)(c) and (2)(c).