Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

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PROSTITUTION REGULATION ACT - SECT 20

Medical examinations

20. Medical examinations

(1) For the purposes of this section, "sexually transmitted disease" means -

(a) [Omitted]

(b) the disease known as acquired immune deficiency syndrome in any of its stages; and

(c) any other disease specified by the Minister for the purpose of this section by notice in the Gazette .

(2) A licensee shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the fact of a prostitute's attendance at a medical examination or the result of such an examination is not used for the purpose of inducing a person to believe that the prostitute is not infected with a sexually transmitted disease.

(3) A prostitute shall not, for the purpose of prostitution, use the fact of the prostitute's attendance at a medical examination or the result of such an examination for the purpose of inducing a person to believe that the prostitute is not infected with a sexually transmitted disease.

Penalty: $2,000.



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