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Crimes Act 1958
52BSexual penetration of a person with a cognitive impairment or mental illness
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52B Sexual penetration of a person with a cognitive impairment or mental illness
(B) to sexually penetrate another person (C) or an animal; or
(C) to be sexually penetrated by C or by an animal; and
(b) B has a cognitive impairment or mental illness; and
(ii) is a worker for a service provider that provides treatment or support services to B.
1 Exceptions apply to this offence—see sections 52F and 52G.
S. 52C inserted by No. 47/2016 s. 16.