Business Licensing Authority Regulations 2013
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1 Objective 1
2 Authorising provision 1
3 Commencement 1
4 Definitions 2
5 Prescribed powers and functions which are not delegable 2
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SCHEDULE—Powers and Functions of the Authority which May
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STATUTORY RULES 2013
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Business Licensing Authority Act 1998
Business Licensing Authority Regulations 2013
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 13 March 2013
Responsible Minister:
MICHAEL O'BRIEN
Minister for Consumer Affairs
MATTHEW McBEATH
Clerk of the Executive Council
1 Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe
powers and functions of the Business Licensing
Authority for the purposes of section 11(a) of the
Business Licensing Authority Act 1998.
2 Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 26 of
the Business Licensing Authority Act 1998.
3 Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on
18 March 2013.
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4 Definitions
In these Regulations—
licence has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of
the Sex Work Act 1994;
sex work service provider has the same meaning
as in section 3(1) of the Sex Work Act 1994.
5 Prescribed powers and functions which are not
delegable
For the purposes of section 11(a) of the Business
Licensing Authority Act 1998, the powers and
functions of the Authority under the Sex Work
Act 1994 in relation to a determination specified
in column 3 of the Schedule made under a
provision of the Sex Work Act 1994 specified in
column 2 of the Schedule are prescribed powers
and functions.
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SCHEDULE
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE AUTHORITY WHICH
MAY NOT BE DELEGATED
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Item Section Determination
1 s. 33(4) To refuse to consider an application for a
licence if applicant refuses to allow his or her
fingerprints to be taken
2 s. 36A(4) To refuse to grant a licence where required
further information not provided within a
reasonable time
3 s. 36A(5) To postpone consideration of an application
for a licence until such time as considered
appropriate
4 s. 37(1) To refuse to grant a licence
5 s. 39(1) To grant an application for a licence
6 s. 39(2) To grant a licence subject to the conditions or
restrictions set out in the licence
7 s. 40(1) To vary or revoke a condition or a restriction
set out in a licence
8 s. 40(1) To impose a new condition or restriction on a
licence
9 s. 40AA(1) To require a sex work service provider
licensee to produce the licence for
endorsement of or variation or revocation of a
condition or restriction on the licence
10 s. 42A(4) To approve and permit a person to be in
effective control of a business for a specified
period
11 s. 46D(1) To require a licensee to answer any question
or provide information relating to the business
of the licensee as a sex work service provider
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Item Section Determination
12 s. 47A(3) To grant permission to a person to continue to
carry on the sex work service providing
business of a person who was a licensed sex
work service provider for longer than 30 days
after the death/insolvency/incapacity of the
licensee
13 s. 47A(4) To limit, and impose any conditions on, a
permission to continue to carry on a sex work
service providing business
14 s. 47A(5) To withdraw any permission to continue to
carry on a sex work service providing business
15 s. 47A(5) To limit permission to continue to carry on a
sex work service providing business
16 s. 47A(5) To impose, revoke or vary conditions on
permission to continue to carry on a sex work
service providing business
17 s. 50(2B) To refuse to consider an application for
approval of a person as a manager of a sex
work service providing business where
applicant refuses to allow his or her
fingerprints to be taken
18 s. 51(1) To refuse to approve a manager of a sex work
service providing business or to renew such an
approval
19 s. 52(1) To approve a person as a manager of a sex
work service providing business
20 s. 52(1) To renew an approval of a person as a
manager of a sex work service providing
business
21 s. 52(1) To refuse to approve, or refuse to renew an
approval of, a person as a manager of a sex
work service providing business
22 s. 52(1A) To impose conditions or restrictions on an
approval, or renewal of an approval, of a
manager of a sex work service providing
business
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Item Section Determination
23 s. 52AA(1) To vary or revoke a condition or restriction on
an approval of a manager of a sex work
service providing business
24 s. 52AA(1) To impose a new condition or restriction on an
approval, or renewal of an approval, of a
manager of a sex work service providing
business
25 s. 52AB(1) To require an approved manager to produce a
certificate of approval for endorsement of, or
variation or revocation of, a condition or
restriction
26 s. 53B(1) To give permission to a manager of a sex
work service providing business to manage a
sex work service providing business despite
insolvency
27 s. 53B(3) To refuse to give permission to a manager of a
sex work service providing business to
continue managing the business because of
refusal or failure to provide requested
information within a reasonable time
28 s. 53C(1) To impose any conditions on permission to be
a manager of a sex work service providing
business
29 s. 53C(4) To revoke permission to be manager of a sex
work service providing business if satisfied
that any condition on permission has been
contravened or not complied with
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