Queensland Consolidated Acts

PROSTITUTION ACT 1999 - SECT 50A

50A Payment of fee by payment plan

(1) This section applies if, due to financial hardship caused by exceptional circumstances, an approved manager is unable to pay the annual certificate fee or the annual return fee for the approved manager’s certificate by the prescribed day.

(2) Despite section 44 (4) (d) (i) , the approved manager may apply to the Authority to pay the annual certificate fee or the annual return fee under a payment plan decided by the Authority.

(3) An application under subsection (2) must be in the approved form.

(4) The Authority may enter into a payment plan with the approved manager if the Authority is satisfied that, having regard to financial hardship caused by exceptional circumstances, the approved manager is unable to pay the annual certificate fee or the annual return fee for the approved manager’s certificate by the prescribed day.

(5) If the approved manager pays the annual certificate fee or the annual return fee under the payment plan, the approved manager is taken to have paid the annual certificate fee or the annual return fee by the prescribed day.

(6) In this section—

"exceptional circumstances" means unforeseen circumstances that adversely affect premises stated in the approved manager’s certificate as premises of a licensed brothel for the approved manager.

Example of unforeseen circumstances—

natural disaster or fire