sec.124AProhibition on intimate relationships between staff members and offenders

### sec.124A Prohibition on intimate relationships between staff members and offenders A person has an intimate relationship with another person if the relationship between the persons includes either or both of the following— sexual conduct or other physical expressions of affection or sexual contact; the exchange of written or other forms of communication of a sexual or intimate nature. A staff member must not have an intimate relationship with a person who is an offender. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment. Subsection (2) does not apply to a staff member if— the staff member did not know, or could not reasonably have known, the person was an offender; or the staff member and the person were in an intimate relationship before the person became an offender. s 124A ins 2020 No. 23 s 17A (sec.124A-ssec.1) A person has an intimate relationship with another person if the relationship between the persons includes either or both of the following— sexual conduct or other physical expressions of affection or sexual contact; the exchange of written or other forms of communication of a sexual or intimate nature. (sec.124A-ssec.2) A staff member must not have an intimate relationship with a person who is an offender. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment. (sec.124A-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a staff member if— the staff member did not know, or could not reasonably have known, the person was an offender; or the staff member and the person were in an intimate relationship before the person became an offender. - (a) sexual conduct or other physical expressions of affection or sexual contact; - (b) the exchange of written or other forms of communication of a sexual or intimate nature. - (a) the staff member did not know, or could not reasonably have known, the person was an offender; or - (b) the staff member and the person were in an intimate relationship before the person became an offender.