ACTS AMENDMENT (LESBIAN AND GAY LAW REFORM) ACT 2002 (NO. 3 OF 2002) - SECT 39

ACTS AMENDMENT (LESBIAN AND GAY LAW REFORM) ACT 2002 (NO. 3 OF 2002) - SECT 39

39 .         Section 321A amended

                Section 321A(7) is repealed and the following subsection is inserted instead —

“

        (7)         It is a defence to a charge under subsection (3) to prove the accused person —

            (a)         believed on reasonable grounds that the child was of or over the age of 16 years; and

            (b)         was not more than 3 years older than the child.

”.