17Revocation of orders to cease operating commercial sexual services businesses

17 Revocation of orders to cease operating commercial sexual services businesses

(1)  A person on whom an order is served under section 16(1) or (2) may apply to a magistrate for a revocation of the order.

(2)  For the purpose of an application under subsection (1) , the Commissioner of Police is taken to be the respondent to the application.

(3)  In the hearing of an application for revocation of an order, a magistrate may do the following if the Commissioner of Police requests the magistrate to do so:

(a) hear evidence from the Commissioner of Police, or his or her nominee, in respect of any criminal intelligence upon which his or her reasonable belief under section 16(1) was formed, in the absence of the public, the applicant and the applicant's representative in order to prevent the disclosure of that criminal intelligence;

(b) ensure that, in giving the reasons for his or her decision or otherwise, the magistrate does not disclose the existence or content of any such criminal intelligence.

(4)  A magistrate may revoke an order if the applicant establishes that a commercial sexual services business is not operating in or from the premises referred to in the order.