Crimes Act 1958
192BMaking, using or supplying identification information
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192B Making, using or supplying identification information
(1) A person, who makes, uses or supplies identification information (that is not identification information that relates to that person), and—
(a) who is aware that, or aware that there is a substantial risk that, the information is identification information; and
(b) who intends to use or supply the information to commit an indictable offence, or to facilitate the commission of an indictable offence—
is guilty of an offence and liable to level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum).
See section 426 for an alternative verdict for this offence.
(2) A person may be found guilty of an offence against this section even if the commission of the indictable offence is impossible.
(3) It is not a defence to a charge for an offence against this section that the person to whom the identification information relates consented to the making, use or supply of the identification information.
S. 192C inserted by No. 22/2009 s. 3.