Queensland Consolidated Regulations

PROSTITUTION REGULATION 2014 - REG 22

22 Documents to be given to Authority

(1) The Authority may give a notice to the licensee or approved manager of a brothel requiring the licensee or manager to give the Authority a stated document within a stated time.

(2) The notice may be given only if the Authority believes on reasonable grounds that the document is relevant to an investigation, or an inspection, of the brothel.

(3) Despite subsection (1) , the notice may require the licensee or approved manager to give the document to the Authority immediately if the Authority believes on reasonable grounds that delay in obtaining the document may result in—

(a) the destruction, removal or concealment of the document; or

(b) serious prejudice to the conduct of an investigation, or an inspection, of the brothel.

(4) The licensee or approved manager must comply with the notice unless the licensee or manager has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (4) —40 penalty units.