Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A person is guilty of an offence if:
(a) the person:
(i) impersonates a member of the Australian Army; or
(ii) falsely represents himself or herself to be a member of the Australian Army or a former member of the Australian Army ; and
(b) the person does so with intent to deceive.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2) To avoid doubt, for subregulation (1):
(a) impersonation does not include conduct engaged in solely for satirical or other artistic purposes; and
(b) false representation does not include conduct engaged in solely for satirical or other artistic purposes.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person assumes the title of a rank in the Australian Army that the person does not hold.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(4) Subregulation (3) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
Note A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subregulation (3) (see subsection 13.3 (3) of the Criminal Code ).