Queensland Consolidated Acts

PROSTITUTION ACT 1999 - SECT 7

7 Meaning of interest in a brothel

(1) A person has an
"interest in a brothel" if the person—

(a) is the licensee of the brothel; or

(b) is a member of the family of the licensee of the brothel; or

(c) is an approved manager of the brothel; or

(d) is a member of the family of an approved manager of the brothel; or

(e) is the owner, either alone or jointly, of premises used by the licensee of the brothel for the provision of prostitution; or

(f) is a member of the family of an owner mentioned in paragraph (e) ; or

(g) is the lessor of the premises used by the licensee of the brothel for the provision of prostitution; or

(h) is a member of the family of a lessor mentioned in paragraph (g) ; or

(i) has entered into a business arrangement or relationship with another person for the provision of prostitution at the brothel; or

(j) directly receives income from the provision of prostitution at the brothel; or

(k) is able to exercise a significant influence over the operations of, or in relation to the provision of prostitution at, the brothel; or

(l) is an executive officer of a body corporate that is a person mentioned in paragraphs (e) , (g) , (i) , (j) or (k) .

(2) If a financial institution is a mortgagee of premises used by the licensee of a brothel for the provision of prostitution, the institution does not have an
"interest in a brothel" only because the institution is a mortgagee of the premises.

(3) For subsection (1) (i) , (j) and (k) , a prostitute does not have an
"interest in a brothel" merely because the prostitute is entitled by way of remuneration to a proportion of the payments made for the provision of prostitution by the prostitute at the brothel.