Applying for a Manager’s Certificate

In considering a manager’s certificate application, the PLA must assess an applicant for:

• eligibility; and
• suitability.

Once an application has been lodged with the PLA, all information supplied by the applicant must be kept up to date. Under the Act it is an offence if, within ten days after becoming aware of a change in the information, an applicant has not given the particulars of the change to the PLA by written notice. An applicant may withdraw an application at any time before the manager’s certificate has been issued.

Eligibility

A person is ineligible to apply for a brothel licence if the person:

• is a corporation or a minor
• is an insolvent under administration
• holds a licence or permit under the Liquor Act 1992
• has been convicted of a disqualifying offence^[1]
• has had a licence or other authority under the Prostitution Act or a corresponding law to provide prostitution at a brothel cancelled in the last three years
• has had a certificate or other authority under the Prostitution Act or a corresponding law to manage a brothel cancelled in the last three years
• is subject to an order of the PLA declaring the person to be ineligible to apply for a licence.

Suitability

In considering the suitability of an individual to hold a brothel licence the PLA must consider:

• the applicant’s reputation, having regard to character, honesty and integrity
• whether the applicant has been convicted of an offence against the Prostitution Act or a corresponding law
• whether the applicant has been convicted of an indictable offence
• whether the applicant has been convicted of an offence, the circumstances of which constitute the running of a brothel
• whether the applicant has been charged with any offence of a sexual nature that involves violence, intimidation, threats or children
• whether the applicant is an associate of a person who has been convicted of a disqualifying offence or an indictable offence
• whether the applicant is an associate of a body corporate, an executive officer of which has been convicted of a disqualifying offence or an indictable offence.

The PLA must not decide that an applicant for a manager’s certificate is not a suitable person to be a brothel manager only because the applicant has worked as a prostitute.

Fees

Manager's certificate fees ( 30 KB) must be paid annually, and all fees are increased annually in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

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Manager's certificate application forms

Manager's certificate application forms are available fromt the Office of the PLA. Phone: (07) 3858 9500.

^[1] Disqualifying offences are: official corruption, unlawful homicide, rape, abduction, kidnapping, demanding property, benefit or performance of services with threats, offences against morality, offences of prostitution that relate to a child or intellectually impaired person, and various offences under the Migration Act 1985 (C’wlth).