AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Crimes Amendment Act 2001
No 8 of 2001
CONTENTS
Section
1............ Name of Act............................................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement...................................................................................................... 1
3............ Act amended............................................................................................................ 1
4............ Insertion—
Part 3C—sexual servitude
92ZA........ Definitions of sexual servitude and sexual services............... 2
92ZB........ Sexual servitude offences........................................................ 2-3
92ZC........ Deceptive recruiting for sexual services................................... 3
92ZD........ Increased penalty for aggravated offences............................... 3
92ZE........ Alternative verdict if aggravated offence not proven............. 4
5............ Repeal of Acts......................................................................................................... 4
6............ Consequential amendments of Interpretation Act 1967................................... 4
SCHEDULE 1
MINOR AMENDMENTS................................................. 5-7
“DICTIONARY.............................................................. 7
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Crimes Amendment Act 2001
No 8 of 2001
An Act to amend the Crimes Act 1900, and for
other purposes
[Notified in ACT Gazette No 10: 8 March 2001]
The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
Name of Act
This Act is the Crimes Amendment Act 2001.
Commencement
This Act commences on the day it is notified in the Gazette.
Act amended
This Act amends the Crimes Act 1900.
Note The Act is amended in the body of the Act and in Schedule 1.
Insertion
After Part 3B the following Part is inserted:
“Part 3C—sexual servitude
“92ZA Definitions of sexual servitude and sexual services
“(1) In this Part:
sexual services means the commercial use or display of the body of the person providing the service for the sexual gratification of others.
sexual servitude is the condition of a person who provides sexual services and who, because of the use of force or a threat, is not free—
(a) to stop providing sexual services; or
(b) to leave the place or area where the person provides sexual services.
“(2) For the definition of sexual servitude in subsection (1), the question whether, because of the use of force or a threat, a person is not free to stop providing sexual services, or to leave the place or area where the person provides sexual services, is to be decided according to whether a reasonable adult would consider, in the circumstances, that the person is not free to stop or leave.
“(3) In this section:
threat means—
(a) a threat of force; or
(b) a threat to cause a person’s deportation; or
(c) a threat of other detrimental action unless there are reasonable grounds for the threat.
“92ZB Sexual servitude offences
“(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a)the person’s conduct causes someone else to enter into or remain in sexual servitude; and
(b)the person intends to cause, or is reckless about causing, someone else to enter into or remain in sexual servitude.
Maximum penalty:
(a)for an aggravated offence—imprisonment for 19 years; or
(b)in any other case—imprisonment for 15 years.
Note Aggravated offence is defined in section 92ZD.
“(2) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a)conducts a business that involves the sexual servitude of others; and
(b)knows that, or is reckless about whether, the business involves the sexual servitude of others.
Maximum penalty:
(a)for an aggravated…