Prostitution Reform Act 2003

Commercial sexual services - Territorial authority may make bylaws

12: Bylaws controlling signage advertising commercial sexual services

You could also call this:

"Rules for signs about sex services in public areas"

A territorial authority can make rules for its area about signs that advertise commercial sexual services. You can see these signs in or from public places. The authority can make these rules if they think the signs might cause a problem or offend people in the area, or if the signs do not fit with the character of the area.

The authority can control what the signs say, what they look like, and how many there are. They can make rules about the content, form, or amount of signs on display.

If the authority makes these rules, the parts of the Local Government Act 2002 that deal with enforcing rules and penalties for breaking them, such as Parts 8 and 9, will apply to these rules as if they were made under section 145 of that Act.

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Part 2Commercial sexual services
Territorial authority may make bylaws

12Bylaws controlling signage advertising commercial sexual services

  1. A territorial authority may make bylaws for its district that prohibit or regulate signage that is in, or is visible from, a public place, and that advertises commercial sexual services.

  2. Bylaws may be made under this section only if the territorial authority is satisfied that the bylaw is necessary to prevent the public display of signage that—

  3. is likely to cause a nuisance or serious offence to ordinary members of the public using the area; or
    1. is incompatible with the existing character or use of that area.
      1. Bylaws made under this section may prohibit or regulate signage in any terms, including (without limitation) by imposing restrictions on the content, form, or amount of signage on display.

      2. Parts 8 and 9 of the Local Government Act 2002 (which are about, among other things, the enforcement of bylaws and penalties for their breach) apply to a bylaw made under this section as if the bylaw had been made under section 145 of that Act.