Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 217B

217B Allowing person who is not an adult to take part in commercial sexual services

(1) A person—

(a) who owns or occupies, or is in control of, premises; and

(b) who allows another person who is not an adult to enter or remain on the premises for the purpose of taking part in providing commercial sexual services;

commits a crime.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—14 years imprisonment.

(2) The Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of aggravation for an offence against this section.

(3) An indictment charging an offence against this section with the circumstance of aggravation stated in the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q may not be presented without the consent of a Crown Law Officer.

(4) If the offence is alleged to have been committed in respect of a child of or above the age of 12 years, it is a defence to an offence against subsection (1) that the accused person believed, on reasonable grounds, that the person was an adult.