Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences Against Children) Act 2010 (42 of 2010)

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to sexual offences against children

Part 2   Amendments relating to child sex offences involving postal or similar services, or carriage services

Criminal Code Act 1995

12   At the end of Division 470 of the Criminal Code

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470.4 Meaning of expressions used in Subdivisions B and C of Division 471

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), an expression used in Subdivision B or C of Division 471 that is defined in Part 10.6 has the same meaning in that Subdivision as it has in that Part.

Note: These expressions include child abuse material and child pornography material .

(2) A reference in Subdivision B or C of Division 471 to a person having possession or control of material includes a reference to the person:

(a) having possession of a computer or data storage device that holds or contains the material; or

(b) having possession of a document in which the material is recorded; or

(c) having control of material held in a computer that is in the possession of another person (whether inside or outside Australia).

(3) A reference in Subdivision B or C of Division 471 to a person producing, supplying or obtaining material includes a reference to the person:

(a) producing, supplying or obtaining material held or contained in a computer or data storage device; or

(b) producing, supplying or obtaining a document in which the material is recorded.

(4) Section 473.4 applies in relation to Subdivisions B and C of Division 471 as if the reference in that section to Part 10.6 were a reference to those Subdivisions.

Note: Section 473.4 sets out matters that may be taken into account in deciding whether particular material is offensive.