Hayes v Surfers Paradise Rock and Roll Cafe P/L & Anor

[2010] QCA 48

Queensland Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Liquor Licensing
2. › Adult entertainment permits
3. › Conditions of permit
4. › Spruiking or touting for business
5. › Meaning of 'touting'
6. › Whether passive distribution of advertising cards constitutes 'touting'
7. › Liquor Regulation 2002 (Qld), s 29(d)
8. › Liquor Act 1992 (Qld), s 226(a)
1. Liquor Licensing
2. › Adult entertainment
3. › Advertising restrictions
4. › Meaning of 'describes the sexually explicit nature of the acts performed in the entertainment'
5. › Whether terms 'striptease' and 'lap dancing' describe sexually explicit nature of acts
6. › Liquor Act 1992 (Qld), s 168A(1)
1. Statutory Interpretation
2. › Ordinary words in regulatory context
3. › Use of dictionary definitions
4. › Meaning of 'touting'
5. › Whether importunate conduct required
1. Appeal
2. › Appeal from District Court on appeal from Magistrates Court
3. › Leave to appeal under s 118 District Court of Queensland Act 1967 (Qld)
4. › Whether construction questions of sufficient substance and public importance
5. › District Court of Queensland Act 1967 (Qld), s 118

Quick Take

'Touting for business' in the context of adult entertainment permit conditions under s 29(d) of the Liquor Regulation 2002 (Qld) requires importunate solicitation — persistence, repetition, pursuit, pestering, obstruction, or similar conduct — and does not extend to passive distribution of advertising cards. The terms 'striptease' and 'lap dancing' in advertising cards describe the general nature of adult entertainment but do not 'describe the sexually explicit nature of the acts performed' within s 168A(1) of the Liquor Act 1992 (Qld), though the Court noted this was close to the borderline.