Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Prostitution Control Act 1994 - SECT 24

Register for businesses to which section 23 applies

24. Register for businesses to which section 23 applies



(1) A person who intends to rely on an exemption under section 23 must, before
commencing to carry on business or as soon as practicable after the
commencement of this subsection (whichever occurs first), give to the
Authority the prescribed particulars in relation to the business.

Penalty: 30 penalty units.

(2) The Registrar must enter in a register any particulars given to the
Authority in accordance with subsection (1).

(3) The register referred to in subsection (2) may only be inspected by the
Director, by members or staff of the Authority or by authorised members of the
police force or authorised officers of the responsible authority.

(4) The Registrar may correct an error or omission in the register by-

   (a)  inserting an entry; or

   (b)  amending an entry; or

   (c)  omitting an entry-

if he or she decides that the correction is necessary.

(5) The Registrar may make the correction on his or her own initiative or on
the application of any person.

(6) On making a correction the Registrar must record in the register the date
on which it was made.





(7) The Authority, on the application of a person whose name appears in the
register, may direct the Registrar to omit that person's entry from the
register with effect from the date on which the application was received by
the Authority.

(8) On omitting an entry the Registrar must record in the register the date
with effect from which the omission was made.





Division 2-The Authority and the Director