Criminal Code Act 1995
Section 3
CHAPTER 8 - OFFENCES AGAINST HUMANITY AND RELATED OFFENCES Division 273B - Protection of children
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Hide history noteThis Division applies to the exclusion of a law, or a provision of a law, of a State or Territory that has the effect of making a person liable to be prosecuted for an offence against any law for failing to:
(a) reduce or remove a risk of a child being subjected to conduct constituting a child sexual abuse offence; or
(b) disclose to a police force or a police service information relating to whether a person has engaged, or will engage, in conduct constituting a child sexual abuse offence;
to the extent that the law or provision would otherwise apply in relation to conduct in which the person engages in the person ' s capacity as a Commonwealth officer.
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