Massage Establishments Rules 2018 · 2025 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Licence
5. Licence not transferable
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A licensee of an establishment for massage must not transfer the licence to, or permit the licence to be used by, any other person.
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, 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.
For the purposes of paragraph (3), 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 —
an offence under paragraph (3); or
an offence under rule 13 of the revoked Rules or section 9(d) of the repealed Act for contravening rule 5 of the revoked Rules, whether the conviction was before, on or after 1 March 2018.
Subregulation 1
A licence is not transferable.
Subregulation 2
A licensee of an establishment for massage must not transfer the licence to, or permit the licence to be used by, any other person.
Subregulation 3
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, 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.
Subregulation 4
For the purposes of paragraph (3), 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 —
an offence under paragraph (3); or
an offence under rule 13 of the revoked Rules or section 9(d) of the repealed Act for contravening rule 5 of the revoked Rules, whether the conviction was before, on or after 1 March 2018.