New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 29 November 2010
| Public Act | 2003 No 28 |
| Date of assent | 27 June 2003 |
| Commencement | see section 2 |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
Part 2
Commercial sexual services
Contracts for commercial sexual services not void
7 Contract for provision of commercial sexual services not void
Health and safety requirements
8 Operators of businesses of prostitution must adopt and promote safer sex practices
9 Sex workers and clients must adopt safer sex practices
10 Application of Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
11 Restrictions on advertising commercial sexual services
Territorial authority may make bylaws
12 Bylaws controlling signage advertising commercial sexual services
13 Procedure for making bylaws
14 Bylaws regulating location of brothels
15 Resource consents in relation to businesses of prostitution
16 Inducing or compelling persons to provide commercial sexual services or earnings from prostitution
17 Refusal to provide commercial sexual services
Protections for persons refusing to work as sex workers
18 Refusal to work as sex worker does not affect entitlements
Application of Immigration Act 1987
19 Application of Immigration Act 2009
Prohibitions on use in prostitution of persons under 18 years
20 No person may assist person under 18 years in providing commercial sexual services
21 No person may receive earnings from commercial sexual services provided by person under 18 years
22 No person may contract for commercial sexual services from, or be client of, person under 18 years
23 Offence to breach prohibitions on use in prostitution of persons under 18 years
Powers to enter and inspect compliance with health and safety requirements
26 Powers to enter and inspect compliance with health and safety requirements
28 Requirements when carrying out inspection
30 Warrant for Police to enter
31 Form and content of warrant
32 Powers conferred by warrant
33 Requirements when executing warrant
34 Operators of businesses of prostitution to hold certificates
35 Application for, and grant of, certificates
36 Disqualification from holding certificate
38 Expiry, renewal, and replacement of certificate
39 Cancellation of certificate
40 Operator to produce certificate on request
Part 4
Miscellaneous provisions
Review of operation of Act and related matters by Prostitution Law Review Committee
42 Review of operation of Act and related matters
43 Prostitution Law Review Committee
44 Other provisions on appointment, removal, term, and resignation of members
46 Procedure of Prostitution Law Review Committee
Repeals, amendments, and transitional provisions
48 Repeals coming into force on day after Royal assent
49 Repeals and revocations coming into force when Part 3 comes into force
51 Transitional provisions for past offences
