Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Prostitution Control Act 1994 - SECT 47

Licence cancellation

47. Licence cancellation



(1) A licence is automatically cancelled if at any time after it is granted-

   (a)  the licensee is convicted or found guilty of an offence against the
        Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 or against a law of
        another State or of a Territory of the Commonwealth which the Governor
        in Council, by Order published in the Government Gazette, declares to
        be a law that makes provision substantially similar to the provisions
        of that Act or against a corresponding law within the meaning of that
        Act; or

   (b)  the licensee is convicted or found guilty of an offence that is set
        out in Schedule 3; or

   (c)  the licensee is convicted or found guilty of an indictable offence
        punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more or of an offence
        which, if committed in Victoria, would have been an indictable offence
        punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more; or

   (d)  the licensee is convicted or found guilty of an offence against
        section 45(1); or

   (e)  the licensee serves a sentence of imprisonment, whether in Victoria or
        outside Victoria; or

   (f)  the licensee becomes an insolvent under administration; or

   (g)  the licensee becomes a represented person within the meaning of the
        Guardianship and Administration Act 1986.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a conviction or finding of guilt takes
effect at the conclusion of the proceeding for the offence, whether on appeal
or otherwise, or at the end of any appeal period, whichever is the later.





(3) If at any time while the licence is in force one of the matters referred
to in subsection (1) occurs to the licensee, the licensee must give
particulars of the matter to the Authority in writing signed by the licensee
within 10 days of the matter occurring, unless the licensee has a reasonable
excuse.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.





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(4) The cancellation of a licence has no effect on any permit in force under
the Planning and Environment Act 1987 for a use or development of land for the
purposes of the licensed business or on any action which might be taken under
that or any other Act or law in respect of a contravention of a condition of
such a permit.