Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00794:clause:10_69
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00794
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 10 cl 69
Character Range: 39511–40093

69  After subsection 50BD(1)
Insert:

 (1A) For the purposes of an offence against subsection (1), absolute liability applies to the following physical elements of circumstance of the offence:
 (a) that the act of indecency is committed outside Australia;
 (b) that the person referred to in that subsection as being under 16 is in fact under 16;
 (c) that the act of indecency referred to in that subsection is in fact an act of indecency.

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.