Queensland Consolidated Acts

PROSTITUTION ACT 1999 - SECT 93

93 Advertising prostitution

(1) A person must not publish an advertisement for prostitution that describes the services offered.

(2) A person must not publish an advertisement for prostitution that is not in the approved form.

(3) A person must not publish any advertisement for prostitution through radio or television or by film or video recording.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsections (1) to (3) —

(a) if an internet website has been established for the advertisement—

(i) if the cost of establishing the website is $1,000 or less—70 penalty units; and

(ii) if the cost of establishing the website is more than $1,000—an amount that is 10 times the commercial cost of establishing the website; or

(b) otherwise—

(i) if the cost of publishing the advertisement is $1,000 or less—70 penalty units; or

(ii) if the cost of publishing the advertisement is more than $1,000—an amount that is 10 times the cost of publishing the advertisement.