Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This part applies to all offences.
(2) This part extends the application of a territory law that creates an offence beyond the territorial limits of the ACT (and Australia) if the required geographical nexus exists for the offence.
(3) If a law that creates an offence provides for any geographical consideration for the offence, that provision prevails over any inconsistent provision of this part.
Examples for s (3)
1 A law creating an offence may provide that the place of commission of the offence is (explicitly or by necessary implication) an element of the offence.
2 A law creating an offence may provide for its application outside the ACT and exclude (explicitly or by necessary implication) the requirement for a geographical nexus between the ACT and an element of the offence.
Note An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).