Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Act 2020 (70 of 2020)

Schedule 4   Strengthening child sex offences

Part 1   Main amendments

Criminal Code Act 1995

26   Subsection 474.25A(2) of the Criminal Code (before the penalty)

Insert:

Note: Because of the definition of engage in sexual activity in the Dictionary, this offence covers (for example) causing a person under 16:

(a) to engage in sexual activity that is seen or heard, in real time, by another person using a carriage service; or

(b) to use a carriage service to see or hear, in real time, another person engage in sexual activity.


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