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SEX INDUSTRY ACT 2019 (NO 40 OF 2019) - SECT 15

Non-compliant advertising

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person places an advertisement for sex work in a newspaper or on television or radio, other than in accordance with the regulations.

Maximum penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person publishes an advertisement that is likely to induce a person to seek employment as a sex worker.

Maximum penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (3)     An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.

    (4)     For subsection (2), an advertisement is likely to induce a person to seek employment as a sex worker if the advertisement invites a person to work in, or obtain work through, a sex services business unless the advertisement clearly indicates that the work to which it relates does not involve sex work.



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