Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts6. Operators and managers of escort agency businesses to be licensed
(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.
Penalty: $10,000.
(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.
Penalty: $10,000.
(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.
Penalty: $10,000.
(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.