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PROSTITUTION ACT 1999 - SCHEDULE 4

SCHEDULE 4 – Dictionary


"adult entertainment permit" means an adult entertainment permit granted under the Liquor Act 1992 and in force.

"advertisement" , for part 6 , division 4 and section 139A , see section 92 .

"application land" ...

"appointed member" ...

"approved form" see section 139 .

"approved manager" means a person who holds an approved manager’s certificate that is in force.

"approved manager’s certificate" means a certificate granted under this Act authorising a person to be an approved manager of a licensed brothel stated in the certificate.

"assessment manager" , for a development application, means the person who is the assessment manager under the Planning Act for the application.

"assessor’s registrar" ...

"associate" see section 6 .

"authorised officer of a relevant local government" means an officer of the relevant local government who is authorised in writing by the local government for this Act.

"Authority" means the Prostitution Licensing Authority established under section 100 .

"brothel" means premises made available for prostitution by 2 or more prostitutes at the premises.

"brothel licence" means a licence granted under this Act authorising a person to operate a brothel at premises stated in the licence.

"certificate" means an approved manager’s certificate.

"change application" means a change application under the Planning Act .

"code assessable development application" ...

"commencement" , for part 9 , division 7 , see section 156 .

"commissioner" means the commissioner of the police service.

"conviction" includes a finding of guilt or the acceptance of a plea of guilty by a court, whether or not a conviction is recorded.

"corresponding law" means a law of another State corresponding to this Act.

"Council" ...

"crime commissioner" ...

"criminal history" of a person means the convictions recorded against the person, whether in Queensland or another State, for offences.

"decision-maker" , for part 4 , see section 62 .

"development application" means a development application under the Planning Act .

"development approval" means a development approval under the Planning Act .

"development permit" means a development permit granted under the Planning Act .

"disciplinary inquiry"

(a) in relation to a licensee—see section 26 ; or
(b) in relation to an approved manager—see section 52 .

"disciplinary inquiry notice" , for a disciplinary inquiry—
(a) in relation to a licensee—see section 27B ; or
(b) in relation to an approved manager—see section 53B .

"disqualifying offence" means—
(a) an offence or an attempt to commit, or to conspire to commit or to counsel or procure a person to commit an offence, against any of the following—
(i) the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 , section 250 ;
(ii) the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 , section 5 or 9D ;
(iii) a provision of the Criminal Code mentioned in schedule 1 ;
(iv) a provision of the Migration Act 1958 (Cwlth) mentioned in schedule 2 ; or
(b) an offence that, if committed in Queensland, would be a disqualifying offence under paragraph (a) .

"engage" , a person, includes appoint, employ, promote, redeploy or second the person within or to the office.

"executive director" means the executive director of the office appointed under section 110B .

"executive officer" , of a body corporate, means a person who is concerned with, or takes part in, the body corporate’s management, whether or not the person is a director or the person’s position is given the name of executive officer.

"exempt member" means a member of the Authority mentioned in section 102 (1) (b) or (c) .

"extended criminal history" , of a person, means all of the following—
(a) every conviction of the person for an offence, in Queensland or elsewhere, whether before or after the commencement of this Act;
(b) every charge of an offence made against the person, in Queensland or elsewhere, whether before or after the commencement of this Act.

"family" , of an individual, consists of the following members—
(a) the individual’s spouse;
(b) each of the individual’s children who is 18 years or more, including a stepchild, an adopted child and a person for whom the individual was foster-parent or guardian when the person was a child;
(c) each of the individual’s parents, including a step-parent, and a person who was a foster-parent or guardian for the individual when the individual was a child;
(d) each of the individual’s siblings who is 18 years or more, including a step-sibling and a person who was a foster-sibling when the individual was a child.

"fee" means fee, charge or tax.

"fund" means the Prostitution Licensing Authority Fund established under section 123 .

"health services" means services prescribed under a regulation for maintaining, improving and restoring people’s health and wellbeing.

"IDAS" ...

"identifying particulars"
(a) means any of the following—
(i) palm prints;
(ii) fingerprints;
(iii) handwriting;
(iv) voiceprints;
(v) footprints; and
(b) includes photographs of a person’s identifying features.
Examples for paragraph (b)—
1 photographs of scars or tattoos
2 photographs of the person

"independent assessor" ...

"information" includes a statement and particulars.

"insolvent under administration" means a person—
(a) who is an undischarged bankrupt; or
(b) for whom a debt agreement has been made under the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cwlth) , part X or the corresponding provisions of the law of another jurisdiction, if the debt agreement has not ended or has not been terminated; or
(c) who has executed a deed of arrangement under the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cwlth) , part X or the corresponding provisions of the law of another jurisdiction, if the terms of the deed have not been fully complied with; or
(d) whose creditors have accepted a composition under the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cwlth) , part X or the corresponding provisions of the law of another jurisdiction, if a final payment has not been made under the composition.

"Integrated Planning Act" ...

"interest in a brothel" see section 7 .

"licence" means brothel licence.

"licensed brothel" means premises stated in a licensee’s licence as the premises used for the business of providing prostitution.

"licensee" means a person who holds a brothel licence that is in force.

"local government area" ...

"material change of use" , of premises, see the Planning Act , schedule 2 .

"minor change" ...

"minor change application" means a change application for a minor change to a development approval, as defined in the Planning Act .

"notice" means written notice.

"office" means the Office of the Prostitution Licensing Authority established under section 109 .

"operate" a brothel means to carry on the business of providing prostitution at the brothel.

"part 6 directive" ...

"Planning Act" means the Planning Act 2016 .

"prescribed day" means—
(a) for an annual licence fee, or an annual licence return fee, for a licence—the day mentioned in section 19 (5) (d) (i) as the day by which the licensee must pay the fee; or
(b) for an annual certificate fee, or an annual return fee, for a certificate—the day mentioned in section 44 (4) (d) (i) as the day by which the approved manager must pay the fee.

"prospective staff member" see section 110N .

"prostitution" see the Criminal Code , section 229E .

"publish" , an advertisement or statement, for part 6 , division 4 , see section 92 .

"registrar" ...

"relevant application" , for part 4 , see section 62 .

"relevant duties" see section 110M .

"section 66 declaration" see section 65 .

"sexually transmissible disease" means any of the following diseases or conditions—
• chancroid
• donovanosis
• genital chlamydia
• genital herpes (when lesions are visible)
• genital warts (when lesions are visible)
• gonorrhoea
• human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• lymphogranuloma venereum
• syphilis
• another disease or condition prescribed under a regulation.

"social escort" means a person who, under an arrangement of a commercial character, is held out to the public for hire to—
(a) accompany another person to social affairs, places of entertainment or amusement; or
(b) consort with a person in any place, whether public or private;
but does not include—
(c) a person who provides the services mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) as part of health services for the other person; or
(d) a person who provides prostitution.

"social escort provider" means a person or entity that, under an arrangement of a commercial character—
(a) provides, or offers to provide, names of social escorts to persons; or
(b) introduces, or offers to introduce, persons to social escorts; or
(c) takes any other step for the purpose of introducing persons to social escorts.

"spouse" ...

"staff member" means a member of the staff of the office.

"suitability directive" see the Public Sector Act 2022 , section 48 .

"suspension period"
(a) for a licence—see section 24B ; or
(b) for a certificate—see section 50B .

"temporary declaration" see section 65 .



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