Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 4 Acts injurious to the public in generalChapter 22A Prostitution[s 229K](3B) However, subsection (3A) does not apply if, to the interestedperson’s knowledge, a person who was not an adult or whowas a person with an impairment of the mind was in thepremises when the interested person was allowing the personto be using the premises for prostitution.(4) A person allows premises to be used for the purposes ofprostitution if the person—(a) knowingly permits the premises to be used for thepurposes of prostitution; or(b) knowing that the premises are being used for thepurposes of prostitution, fails to take every reasonablestep to stop that use.(5) A police officer may serve on a person who is an interestedperson in relation to premises a written warning to the effectthat the premises are being used for the purposes ofprostitution by 2 or more prostitutes.(6) In a prosecution against the interested person mentioned insubsection (5), or another person aware of the warning, for anoffence against subsection (2), evidence of the warning and itscontents are admissible against the defendant.(7) If a person who is an interested person in relation topremises—(a) is served with a warning under subsection (5) in relationto the premises; or(b) otherwise has reasonable grounds to suspect that thepremises are being used for the purposes of prostitutionby 2 or more prostitutes;the person may, by writing served on an occupier or user ofthe premises, require the occupier or user to leave thepremises not later than 7 days after the service of the noticeand not return.(8) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes arequirement made of the person under subsection (7) commitsa crime.Page 158 Current as at 1 December 2014