CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 62

CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 62

62—Interpretation

In this Division—

"administering" a website includes—

            (a)         building, developing or maintaining the website; and

            (b)         moderating contributions to, or content on, the website; and

            (c)         managing or regulating membership of, or access to, the website; and

            (d)         monitoring traffic through the website; and

            (e)         an activity or function of a prescribed kind,

but does not include an activity or function of a kind excluded by the regulations from the ambit of this definition;

"child exploitation material" means material—

            (a)         —

                  (i)         that—

                        (A)         describes or depicts a child under, or apparently under, the age of 17 years engaging in sexual activity; or

                        (B)         consists of, or contains, the image or representation of (or what appears to be the image or representation of) a child under, or apparently under, the age of 17 years, or the bodily parts of such a child, or in the production of which such a child has been or appears to have been involved; or

                        (C)         (without limiting subsubparagraph (B)) consists of, or contains, the image or representation of (or what appears to be the image or representation of) a child-like sex doll, or part of a child-like sex doll; and

                  (ii)         that is of a pornographic nature; or

            (b)         that is a child-like sex doll;

"child-like sex doll" means an actual doll or other object that—

            (a)         resembles—

                  (i)         a person who is, or appears to be, under 17 years of age; or

                  (ii)         a part of the body of such a person; and

            (b)         a reasonable person would consider it likely that the doll or other object is intended to be used by a person to simulate sexual intercourse;

"deal with" child exploitation material includes—

            (a)         view, upload, download or stream child exploitation material; and

            (b)         make child exploitation material available for viewing, uploading, downloading or streaming; and

            (c)         facilitate the viewing, uploading, downloading or streaming of child exploitation material;

"disseminate"—a person disseminates child exploitation material if the person—

            (a)         sends, supplies, sells, exhibits, distributes, transmits or communicates it to another, or enters into an agreement or arrangement to do so; or

            (b)         makes it available for access by another (including access by means of a computer) or enters into an agreement or arrangement to do so;

"encourage" includes suggest, request, urge, induce and demand;

"hosting" a website means—

            (a)         providing storage space or other resources on a server for the website; or

            (b)         an activity or function of a prescribed kind,

but does not include an activity or function of a kind excluded by the regulations from the ambit of this definition;

"material" includes—

            (a)         any written or printed material; or

            (b)         any picture, painting or drawing; or

            (c)         any carving, sculpture, doll, statue or figure; or

            (d)         any photographic, electronic or other information or data from which an image or representation may be produced or reproduced; or

            (e)         any film, tape, disc, or other object or system containing any such information or data;

"pornographic nature"—material is of a pornographic nature for the purposes of this Division if the material is intended or apparently intended—

            (a)         to excite or gratify sexual interest; or

            (b)         to excite or gratify a sadistic or other perverted interest in violence or cruelty;

Note—

See also section 63C(1).

"private act" means—

            (a)         a sexual act; or

            (b)         an act involving an intimate bodily function such as using a toilet; or

            (c)         an act or activity involving undressing to a point where the body is clothed only in undergarments; or

            (d)         an activity involving nudity or exposure or partial exposure of sexual organs, pubic area, buttocks or female breasts;

"prurient purpose"—a person acts for a prurient purpose if the person acts with the intention of satisfying his or her own desire for sexual arousal or gratification or of providing sexual arousal or gratification for someone else;

"relevant industry regulatory authority" means a person or body prescribed as a relevant industry regulatory authority for the purposes of section 63AB(3)(d);

"website" includes an online forum, group or social media platform.