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Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 17/30)
Character Range: 1092472–1095155

(b) someone who is the child of the person, or of whom the person is the child, because of the definition of child in the Dictionary;
 (c) anyone else who would be a member of the person's family if someone mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) is taken to be a family member of the person.

271.11B  Offences against Division 271—no defence of victim consent or acquiescence
  To avoid doubt, it is not a defence in a proceeding for an offence against this Division that a person against whom the offence is alleged to have been committed consented to, or acquiesced in, conduct constituting any element of the offence.

271.12  Offences against Division 271—other laws not excluded
 (1) This Division is not intended to exclude or limit the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth or any law of a State or Territory.
Note: Division 279 (video link evidence) applies to a proceeding for an offence against this Division.
 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), this Division is not intended to exclude or limit the concurrent operation of any other law of the Commonwealth, or a law of a State or Territory, that makes:
 (a) an act or omission that is an offence against a provision of this Division; or
 (b) a similar act or omission;
an offence against the law of the Commonwealth, State or Territory.
 (3) Subsection (2) applies even if the other law of the Commonwealth, or the law of the State or Territory, does any one or more of the following:
 (a) provides for a penalty for the offence that differs from the penalty provided for in this Division;
 (b) provides for a fault element in relation to the offence that differs from the fault elements applicable to the offence under this Division;
 (c) provides for a defence in relation to the offence that differs from the defences applicable to the offence under this Division.

271.13  Double jeopardy
  If a person has been convicted or acquitted in a country outside Australia of an offence against the law of that country in respect of any conduct, the person cannot be convicted of an offence against this Division in respect of that conduct.

Division 271A—Overseas travel by certain registered offenders

271A.1  Restrictions on overseas travel by certain registered offenders
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is an Australian citizen; and
 (b) the person's name is entered on a child protection offender register (however described) of a State or Territory; and
 (c) the person has reporting obligations (however described) in connection with that entry on the register; and
 (d) the person leaves Australia.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
 (2) Absolute liability applies to paragraph (1)(a).