Prostitution Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2011 (Qld)

Queensland Prostitution Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2011 Subordinate Legislation 2011 No. 17 made under the ProstitutionAct1999 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 13A (Approved form for advertisement for prostitution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 Insertion of new s 13AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 13AA Approved form for advertisement for social escort services ............................... 3

Prostitution Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2011 [s 1] 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Prostitution Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2011 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 14 March 2011. 3 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Prostitution Regulation 2000. 4 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) Section 3— insert— ‘ oral sex means the bringing into contact of any part of the sexual organs or anus of a person with any part of the mouth of another person. permitted size , of an advertisement, means the following— (a) for a business card—90mm in length and 55mm in width; (b) for an advertisement in the yellow pages—253mm in length and 215mm in width; (c) otherwise—54cm 2 . sexual act means sexual intercourse, masturbation or oral sex. sexual organs means the following — (a) for a female—the vagina and the mons veneris; (b) for a male—the penis, scrotum, testicles and mons pubis.’. 5 Amendment of s 13A (Approved form for advertisement for prostitution) (1) Section 13A(1), ‘93(4)’— Page 2 2011 SL No. 17

Prostitution Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2011 [s 6] omit, insert — ‘92’. (2) Section 13A(2)(a), ‘or heard’— omit . (3) Section 13A(3)— omit . 6 Insertion of new s 13AA After section 13A— insert — ‘13AA Approved form for advertisement for social escort services ‘(1) The purpose of this section is to provide for matters to be included in an advertisement for social escort services for section 92 of the Act, definition approved form , paragraph (b). ‘(2) An advertisement for social escort services must comply with the following— (a) the total surface area of the advertisement, other than an advertisement on the internet, must be the permitted size or smaller; (b) the advertisement must not— (i) contain a photograph or image of— (A) the sexual organs or anus of a person; or (B) a sexual act or a simulated sexual act; or (C) a child; or (D) an animal; or (ii) advertise any other thing without the written consent of the advertiser of the thing; or (iii) if the advertisement is an advertisement on the internet—permit access to, or link the advertisement with— 2011 SL No. 17 Page 3

Prostitution Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2011 [s 6] (A) a website that is an advertisement for prostitution; or (B) a website that contains an advertisement for prostitution; (c) the advertisement must not be a sticker. ‘(3) However, a person does not contravene subsection (2)(b)(iii)(B) if the access is to, or link is with, a webpage of the website and the webpage does not contain an advertisement for prostitution. Example for subsection (3) — A social escort service’s advertisement on the internet may link the advertisement with the social escort service’s advertisement on the yellow pages website. However, a social escort service’s advertisement on the internet must not link the advertisement with an advertisement on the yellow pages website for a licensed brothel.’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 10 March 2011. 2 Notified in the gazette on 11 March 2011. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Police. © State of Queensland 2011 Page 4 2011 SL No. 17