6Offence of taking individuals from New South Wales, or engaging persons outside New South Wales, for conversion practices

6 Offence of taking individuals from New South Wales, or engaging persons outside New South Wales, for conversion practices

6 Offence of taking individuals from New South Wales, or engaging persons outside New South Wales, for conversion practices

(1) A person commits an offence if the person—

(a) takes an individual from New South Wales, or arranges for the individual to be taken from New South Wales, with the intention that a conversion practice be delivered or provided to the individual outside New South Wales, or

(b) engages a person outside New South Wales to provide or deliver a conversion practice to an individual in New South Wales.

Maximum penalty—imprisonment for 3 years or 100 penalty units, or both.

(2) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) applies whether or not any of the following consents to the individual being taken from New South Wales or arranges for the individual to be taken from New South Wales, or consents to the conversion practice being provided or delivered—

(a) the individual,

(b) if the individual lacks legal capacity—a parent, guardian or other person who has decision-making authority for the individual.

(3) In this section—

person does not include an individual under the age of 18 years.