Page 3187 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 18 November 1992
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This provides for some defences for the child prostitution related offences - the normal standard defences based on reasonable belief that a person is in fact over 18 years of age.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 10
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (12.10): I move:
Page 4, line 12, omit the clause, substitute the following clause:
Child on premises
"10. The operator of a brothel or escort agency shall not, without reasonable excuse, permit a child to be on the premises.
Penalty: $2,000.".
This amendment makes it clear that children are not to be in brothels or escort agencies.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 11
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (12.11): Amendment No. 11 circulated in my name seeks to repeal a proposal to have a total ban on advertising.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Connolly, we need to clarify a point here.
MR CONNOLLY: There is an amendment which I have circulated which says, "Omit the clause". The technical experts tell us that it is inappropriate to move an amendment to omit the clause. The proper course of action is to join Mr Stevenson and to vote against this clause. So, Mr Stevenson has had a win.
Mr Stevenson: I might change my mind.
MR CONNOLLY: Yes, if I am against it you are in favour of it, and vice versa.
Clause negatived.
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