8.—(1) For the purposes of section 15(1)(b) of the Act, the prescribed criteria as to whether a relevant individual is a fit and proper person to be employed to work in an establishment for massage are specified in the Schedule.
(2) For the purposes of section 17(1)(a) of the Act, the prescribed criteria as to whether a relevant individual is a fit and proper person to continue to be employed in an establishment for massage are specified in the Schedule.
Application fee for approval to employ individual
9. For the purposes of section 14(2)(b) of the Act, the prescribed application fee is —
(a)
$34 if the application is made before 1 July 2022; or
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(b)
$50 if the application is made on or after 1 July 2022.
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Notification when employee ceases to be employed
10.—(1) A licensee of an establishment for massage must notify the Licensing Officer no later than 3 days after any individual employed by the licensee to work in the establishment for massage ceases to be so employed.
(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), a person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under that paragraph if the person who is convicted of the offence has been convicted on at least one earlier occasion of —
(a)
an offence under paragraph (2); or
(b)
an offence under rule 13 of the revoked Rules or section 9(d) of the repealed Act for contravening rule 7(5) of the revoked Rules, whether the conviction was before, on or after 1 March 2018.
Approved uniform
11.—(1) A person applying for a licence in respect of an establishment for massage must include, in the person’s application, pictures showing the uniform to be worn in the course of employment by an individual employed to work in the establishment for massage.
(2) A licensee of an establishment for massage must ensure that any individual employed to work in the establishment for massage wears, in the course of the individual’s employment, the uniform approved by the Licensing Officer at the time of —
(a)
the grant of the licence; or
(b)
the grant of the approval under paragraph (3).
(3) A licensee who wishes to change the uniform must seek the prior approval of the Licensing Officer.
(4) The fee payable for an application for approval of a change in uniform is $35.
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(5) Any person who contravenes paragraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
Licensee’s supervision of employees
12.—(1) A licensee of an establishment for massage must ensure that every employee of the licensee must not, in the course of the individual’s employment at the establishment for massage —
(a)
provide, or offer to provide, any sexual service to any other individual in the establishment for massage;
(b)
engage in any indecent act in the establishment for massage;
(c)
be indecently dressed in the establishment for massage; and
(d)
tout for business or loiter outside the establishment for massage.
(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c) or (d) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), a person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under that paragraph if the person who is convicted of —
(a)
an offence under paragraph (2) for contravening paragraph (1)(a) has been convicted on at least one earlier occasion of an offence under paragraph (2) for contravening paragraph (1)(a);
(b)
an offence under paragraph (2) for contravening paragraph (1)(b) has been convicted on at least one earlier occasion of an offence under paragraph (2) for contravening paragraph (1)(b);
(c)
an offence under paragraph (2) for contravening paragraph (1)(c) has been convicted on at least one earlier occasion of an offence under paragraph (2) for contravening paragraph (1)(c); or
(d)
an offence under paragraph (2) for contravening paragraph (1)(d) has been convicted on at least one earlier occasion of an offence under paragraph (2) for contravening paragraph (1)(d).
