Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00794:clause:10_70
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00794
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 10 cl 70
Character Range: 40093–40581

70  At the end of section 50BD
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 (3) For the purposes of an offence against subsection (2), absolute liability applies to the following physical elements of circumstance of the offence:
 (a) that the sexual intercourse is engaged in outside Australia;
 (b) that the person referred to in that subsection as being under 16 is in fact under 16.

Note 1: For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code.

Note 2: For a defence based on belief about age, see section 50CA.