Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00794:clause:10_65
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00794
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 10 cl 65
Character Range: 37798–38286

65  At the end of section 50BA
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 (2) 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 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.