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Children’s Guardian Act 2019

21Meaning of “sexual offence”

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21 Meaning of “sexual offence”

Sexual offence means an offence of a sexual nature under a law of the State, another State, a Territory, or the Commonwealth, committed against, with or in the presence of a child.

Examples of sexual offences—

s 21: Am 2025 No 46, Sch 1[13].

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