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PROSTITUTION ACT 1999 - SECT 64

64 When assessment manager must refuse application

(1) The assessment manager must refuse a development application if--

(a) the application land--
(i) is in, or within 200m of the closest point on any boundary of, a primarily residential area or an area approved for residential development or intended to be residential in character; or
(ii) is within 200m of the closest point on any boundary of land on which there is a residential building, place of worship, hospital, school, kindergarten, or any other facility or place regularly frequented by children for recreational or cultural activities;
measured according to the shortest route a person may reasonably and lawfully take, by vehicle or on foot, between the application land and the other land; or
(b) the application land is within 100m of the closest point on any boundary of land on which there is a residential building, place of worship, hospital, school, kindergarten, or any other facility or place regularly frequented by children for recreational or cultural activities, measured in a straight line; or
(c) for land in a town with a population of less than 25000--
(i) the local government for the local government area has required that all applications within the area be refused; and
(ii) the Minister has agreed that the applications should be refused; or
(d) more than 5 rooms in the proposed brothel are to be used for providing prostitution.

(2) In this section--

residential building, for subsection (1)(a)(ii) and (1)(b), means a building or part of a building used primarily for private residential use, other than a building or part of a building used only for a caretaker's residence on land in an industrial area.

vehicle includes any type of transport that moves on wheels but does not include a train or tram.



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