Crimes Act 1958
49GSexual activity in the presence of a child aged 16 or 17 under care, supervision or authority
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49G Sexual activity in the presence of a child aged 16 or 17 under care, supervision or authority
(e) B is—
(f) engaging in the activity in the presence of B is contrary to community standards of acceptable conduct.
(3) Whether or not engaging in the activity in the presence of B is contrary to community standards of acceptable conduct depends on the circumstances.
(ii) whether A seeks or gets sexual arousal or sexual gratification from engaging in the activity or from the presence of B;
(5) For the purposes of subsection (1), when A engages in an activity, B may be present—
(b) by means of an electronic communication within the meaning of the Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000 that is received by B in real time or close to real time.
(6) It is immaterial that some or all of the conduct constituting an offence against subsection (1) occurred outside Victoria, so long as B was in Victoria at the time at which that conduct occurred.
(7) It is immaterial that B was outside Victoria at the time at which some or all of the conduct constituting an offence against subsection (1) occurred, so long as A was in Victoria at the time at which that conduct occurred.
3 A mistaken but honest and reasonable belief that the activity was not sexual or that engaging in the activity in the presence of B was not contrary to community standards of acceptable conduct is not a defence to this offence—see section 49ZC.
S. 49H inserted by No. 47/2016 s. 16.