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New South Wales
Disorderly Houses Amendment
(Brothels) Bill 2001
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Disorderly Houses Act 1943 No 6 2
Schedule 1 Amendments 3
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, has
finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of NEW
SOUTH WALES.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly,
Sydney, , 2001
New South Wales
Disorderly Houses Amendment
(Brothels) Bill 2001
Act No , 2001
An Act to amend the Disorderly Houses Act 1943 in relation to evidence about the
use of premises as a brothel.
I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill as
finally passed by both Houses.
Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1 Disorderly Houses Amendment (Brothels) Bill 2001
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Disorderly Houses Amendment (Brothels) Act 2001.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the date of assent.
3 Amendment of Disorderly Houses Act 1943 No 6
The Disorderly Houses Act 1943 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
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Amendments Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments
(Section 3)
[1] Section 2A
Insert after section 2:
2A Notes
Notes included in this Act are explanatory notes and do not
form part of this Act.
[2] Section 17A
Insert after section 17:
17A Evidence of use of premises as brothel
(1) This section applies to proceedings before the Land and
Environment Court:
(a) on an application under section 17 for premises not to
be used as a brothel, or
(b) under the Environmental Planning and Assessment
Act 1979 to remedy or restrain a breach of that Act in
relation to the use of premises as a brothel.
(2) In any proceedings to which this section applies, the Court may
rely on circumstantial evidence to find that particular premises
are used as a brothel.
(3) However, the presence in any premises of articles or equipment
that facilitate or encourage safe sex practices does not of itself
constitute evidence of any kind that the premises are used as a
brothel.
Note. Examples of circumstantial evidence include (but are not limited to)
the following:
(a) evidence relating to persons entering and leaving the premises
(including number, gender and frequency) that is consistent with
the use of the premises for prostitution,
(b) evidence of the premises being advertised expressly or implicitly
for the purposes of prostitution (including advertisements on or in
the premises, newspapers, directories or the Internet),
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Schedule 1 Amendments
(c) evidence of appointments with persons at the premises for the
purposes of prostitution that are made through the use of
telephone numbers or other contact details that are publicly
advertised,
(d) evidence of information in books and accounts that is consistent
with the use of the premises for prostitution,
(e) evidence of the arrangement of the premises, or of the furniture,
equipment or articles in the premises, that is consistent with the
use of the premises for prostitution.
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