Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (4), an individual shall not carry on an escort agency business unless:
(a) the individual holds an operator's licence in respect of the business; and
(b) the business is managed either by the individual or by an individual who is authorised to do so by a manager's licence.
Maximum penalty: 85 penalty units.
(2) A body corporate shall not carry on an escort agency business unless:
(a) it holds an operator's licence in respect of the business; and
(b) the business is managed by an individual who is authorised to do so by a manager's licence.
Maximum penalty: 85 penalty units.
(3) An individual shall not manage an escort agency business on behalf of a body corporate or another individual unless he or she is authorised to do so by a manager's licence.
Maximum penalty: 85 penalty units.
(4) Subsection (1) does not require an individual who carries on an escort agency business to be licensed where:
(a) the escort agency business arranges for the provision of prostitution services by that individual and no other;
(b) the individual does not carry on the escort agency business in partnership or otherwise in association or conjunction with any other person; and
(c) the individual is the only person employed in the escort agency business.