Crimes Amendment (Strengthening the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Violence) Act 2024 (114 of 2024)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Crimes Act 1914

37   At the end of section 15YM

Add:

Offence

(5) A person commits an offence if:

(a) the person:

(i) makes a recording (or other copy) of a recording, or a part of a recording, to which subsection (1) applies; or

(ii) does anything (whether directly or indirectly) to damage or alter a recording, or a part of a recording, to which subsection (1) applies; or

(iii) possesses or supplies a recording, or a part of a recording, to which subsection (1) applies; or

(iv) possesses or supplies a copy of a recording, or a part of a recording, to which subsection (1) applies; and

(b) the person does so without lawful authority or excuse.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.

(6) The fault element for paragraph (5)(a) is intention.