New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsIn this Act unless the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or
requires:
"appropriate Court", in relation to a declaration under Part 2, means the
Court that made the declaration.
"area", in relation to a local council, means the area of the council within
the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 .
"brothel" means premises:
(a) habitually used for the purposes of prostitution, or
(b) that have been used for the purposes of prostitution and are likely to be used again for that purpose, or
(c) that have been expressly or implicitly:Premises may constitute a brothel even though used by only one prostitute for the purposes of prostitution.(i) advertised (whether by advertisements in or on the premises, newspapers, directories or the internet or by other means), or(ii) represented,as being used for the purposes of prostitution, and that are likely to be used for the purposes of prostitution.
(a) entitled to the same for any estate of freehold in possession, or
(b) in actual receipt of, or entitled to receive, or if the premises were let to a tenant, would be entitled to receive the rents and profits of the same.In the case of premises sub-leased "owner" includes any lessee or sub-lessee from whom a sub-lessee holds.
(a) the use of premises for the provision of sexual acts or sexual services in exchange for payment,
(b) the use of premises for the provision of massage services (other than genuine remedial or therapeutic massage services) in exchange for payment,
(c) the use of premises for the provision of adult entertainment involving nudity, indecent acts or sexual activity if the entertainment is provided in exchange for payment or if the entertainment is ancillary to the provision of other goods or services."senior police officer" means a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant.