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SEX INDUSTRY ACT 2019 (NO 40 OF 2019) - SECT 3

Objects of Act

The objects of this Act are:

    (a)     to decriminalise sex work and legalise contracts in relation to sex work; and

    (b)     to enhance sex worker, client and public health and safety through:

        (i)     applying the Public and Environmental Health Act 2011 to operators of sex services businesses; and

        (ii)     allowing sex workers to work together and employ support staff; and

        (iii)     providing a mechanism to ensure the suitability of operators of sex services businesses; and

    (c)     to prohibit exploitation of sex workers and enshrining the right of sex workers to refuse to perform sex work; and

    (d)     to prohibit the use of children for and in sex work; and

    (e)     to enable the sex industry to operate in accordance with the laws of the Territory and the Commonwealth as they apply to all individuals and businesses generally, including laws governing employment, occupational health and safety, workers compensation and rehabilitation, planning, taxation and discrimination.



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