CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 228A
Involving child in making child exploitation material
CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 228A
Involving child in making child exploitation material
228A Involving child in making child exploitation material
(1) A person who involves a child in the making of child exploitation material
commits a crime.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—
(a) if the offender uses a
hidden network or an anonymising service in committing the offence—25 years
imprisonment; or
(b) otherwise—20 years imprisonment.
(2) The
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 161Q also states a circumstance of
aggravation for an offence against this section.
(3) An indictment charging
an offence against this section with the circumstance of aggravation stated in
the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 161Q may not be presented
without the consent of a Crown Law Officer.
(4) In this section—
"involves" a child in the making of child exploitation material includes—
(a) in any way concerns a child in the making of child exploitation material;
and
(b) attempts to involve a child in the making of child exploitation
material.
