Massage Establishments Act 2017 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Licensing of Establishment for Massage
5. No carrying on business of providing massage services in establishment for massage without licence, etc.
Feedback & supportA person must not carry on the business of providing massage services in an establishment for massage unless the person is authorised to do so at those premises by a licence under this Act.
massage
“massage” means the act of rubbing, kneading, or manipulating the human body or any part of it, by any person (whether or not using any hand‑held equipment), for the purpose of relaxing muscle tension, stimulating circulation, increasing suppleness or otherwise;
A person must not advertise or otherwise hold out that the person is carrying on the business of providing massage services in an establishment for massage unless the person holds a valid licence to do so at those premises.
advertise
“advertise” means to advertise, directly or indirectly, by means of spoken words or any form of printed or written matter or any other medium;
An owner or occupier of any premises must not allow the premises, or any part of the premises, to be used by any person whom the owner or occupier knows is carrying on the business of providing massage services in an establishment for massage without a valid licence to do so at those premises.
owner
“owner”, in relation to any premises, means a person who, for the time being, has power or authority to let, hire, sell or convey the premises to another person, or who receives the rent of the premises whether on that person’s own account or as an agent or a trustee for any other person;
A person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; and
where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.
For the purposes of subsection (4), a person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under subsection (4) if the person who is convicted of —
an offence under subsection (4) for contravening subsection (1) has been convicted on at least one other earlier occasion of —
an offence under subsection (4) for contravening subsection (1); or
an offence under section 9(a) of the repealed Act, whether the conviction was before, on or after 1 March 2018; or
an offence under subsection (4) for contravening subsection (2) has been convicted on at least one other earlier occasion of —
an offence under subsection (4) for contravening subsection (2); or
an offence under section 9(e) of the repealed Act, whether the conviction was before, on or after 1 March 2018.