Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 7A

Other legislation applies in relation to offences against this Act.

Note 1     Criminal Code

The Criminal Code, ch 2 applies to the following offences against this Act (see Code, pt 2.1):

              •     s 49C (Industrial manslaughter—employer offence)

              •     s 49D (Industrial manslaughter—senior officer offence)

              •     s 64 (Using child for production of child pornography etc)

              •     s 64A (Trading in child pornography)

              •     s 65 (Possessing child pornography)

              •     s 114B (Money laundering)

              •     s 114C (Possession etc of property suspected of being proceeds of crime)

              •     s 114D (1) (Organised fraud)

              •     s 119 (Defacing premises)

              •     s 120 (Defacing premises––strict liability)

              •     s 393A (Urinating in public place)

              •     s 394 (Noise abatement directions)

              •     s 439 (Offence of criminal defamation).

The chapter sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility (including burdens of proof and general defences), and defines terms used for offences to which the Code applies (eg "conduct", "intention", recklessness and strict liability ).

Note 2     Penalty units

The Legislation Act, s 133 deals with the meaning of offence penalties that are expressed in penalty units.