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PROSTITUTION ACT 1999 - SECT 42

Suitability of applicant

42 Suitability of applicant

(1) In deciding whether an applicant for a certificate is a suitable person to be an approved manager of a licensed brothel, the Authority must consider all relevant matters including the following—
(a) the applicant’s reputation, having regard to character, honesty and integrity;
(b) whether the applicant has been convicted of an offence against this Act or a corresponding law;
(c) whether the applicant has been convicted of an indictable offence;
(d) whether the applicant has been convicted of an offence, the circumstances of which constituted the running of a brothel;
(e) whether the applicant is an associate of a person who has been convicted of a disqualifying offence or an indictable offence;
(f) whether the applicant is an associate of a body corporate, an executive officer of which has been convicted of a disqualifying offence or an indictable offence;
(g) whether the applicant has been charged with any offence of a sexual nature that involves violence, intimidation, threats or children, including the circumstances surrounding the laying of the charge and whether proceedings in relation to the charge are continuing or have been discontinued;
(h) any other matter prescribed under a regulation.
(2) For subsection (1) (d) or (g) , it does not matter whether the offence is alleged to have been committed in Queensland or elsewhere.
(3) The Authority must not decide that an applicant for a certificate is not a suitable person to be an approved manager of a licensed brothel only because the applicant has worked as a prostitute.



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