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Crimes Act 1958
49ESexual assault of a child aged 16 or 17 under care, supervision or authority
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49E Sexual assault of a child aged 16 or 17 under care, supervision or authority
(B) to touch, or to continue to touch, another person (C); or
(C) to be touched, or to continue to be touched, by C; and
(b) B is—
(c) the touching is—
3 A mistaken but honest and reasonable belief that the touching was not sexual or contrary to community standards of acceptable conduct is not a defence to this offence—see section 49ZC.
S. 49F inserted by No. 47/2016 s. 16.