125DCommunications with intent to procure child or young person

125D Communications with intent to procure child or young person

[Section 125D Amended by No. 29 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:01 Aug 2005]

(1)  [Section 125D Amended by No. 29 of 2019, s. 7, Applied:02 Oct 2019] A person (the "accused person") who makes a communication by any means, and to any person, with the intention of procuring a person under the age of 17 years, or a person the accused person believes is under the age of 17 years, to engage in an unlawful sexual act, either in this State or elsewhere, is guilty of a crime.

Charge:  [Section 125D Amended by No. 8 of 2020, s. 5, Applied:06 Apr 2020] Grooming with intent to procure a child [or young person] for sexual abuse.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1)  –

[Section 125D Amended by No. 26 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:14 Jul 2017] unlawful sexual act means an act that would, if committed in relation to a person under the age of 17 years, constitute an offence under section 124 , 125B , 126 , 127 , 133 or 185 .

(3)  [Section 125D Amended by No. 29 of 2019, s. 7, Applied:02 Oct 2019] A person (the "accused person") who makes a communication by any means, and to any person, with the intention of exposing, without legitimate reason, a person under the age of 17 years, or a person the accused person believes is under the age of 17 years, to any indecent material, either in this State or elsewhere, is guilty of a crime.

Charge:  [Section 125D Amended by No. 8 of 2020, s. 5, Applied:06 Apr 2020] Grooming with intent to expose a child [or young person] to indecent material.

(4)  For the purposes of  –