Crimes Act 1958
53UCommunity standards of acceptable conduct
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53U Community standards of acceptable conduct
(1) Whether the production or distribution of an intimate image is contrary to community standards of acceptable conduct depends on the circumstances.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the circumstances include—
(a) the nature and content of the intimate image;
(b) the circumstances in which the intimate image is produced or distributed;
(c) the age, intellectual capacity, vulnerability or other relevant circumstances of a person depicted in the intimate image;
(d) the degree to which the production or distribution of the intimate image affects the privacy of a person depicted in the intimate image.
S. 53V inserted by No. 38/2022 s. 22.