Criminal Code Amendment (Child Exploitation) Act 2005 (TAS)

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Criminal Code Amendment (Child Exploitation) Act 2005

An Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1924

[Royal Assent 11 July 2005]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1Preliminary1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Criminal Code Amendment (Child Exploitation) Act 2005 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on a day to be proclaimed. PART 2Criminal Code Act 1924 Amended3Principal ActIn this Part, the Criminal Code Act 1924 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Schedule 1 amended (Criminal Code) Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by inserting the following section after section 1 : 1ADefinitions for purposes of sections 130 , 130A , 130B , 130C , 130D , 130E , 130F , 130G and 337C For the purposes of sections 130 , 130A , 130B , 130C , 130D , 130E , 130F , 130G and 337C  – access, in relation to material, includes the display of the material by an electronic medium or any other output of the material by an electronic medium; child exploitation material means material that describes or depicts, in a way that a reasonable person would regard as being, in all the circumstances, offensive, a person who is or who appears to be under the age of 18 years – (a) engaged in sexual activity; or (b) in a sexual context; or (c) as the subject of torture, cruelty or abuse (whether or not in a sexual context); electronic medium means any thing that contains data from which text, images or sound can be generated; material includes any film, printed matter, electronic data and any other thing of any kind (including any computer image or other depiction); person includes part of a person; produce includes make, film, print, photograph and record. (b) by inserting the following sections after section 125B : 125CProcuring unlawful sexual intercourse with person under 17 years, &c. (1)  In this section – young person means a person under the age of 17 years. (2)  A person who procures – (a) a young person to have unlawful sexual intercourse with another person, either in this State or elsewhere; or (b) another person to have unlawful sexual intercourse with a young person, either in this State or elsewhere – is guilty of a crime.Charge:  Procuring unlawful sexual intercourse with young person. (3)  A person who procures – (a) a young person to commit an indecent act, either in this State or elsewhere; or (b) another person to do an indecent act with, or directed at, a young person, either in this State or elsewhere – is guilty of a crime.Charge:  Procuring indecent act by, or with, young person. (4)  In any case in which it is provided that the consent of a person to the act charged…

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