Criminal Code Act 1924
130BDistribution of child exploitation material
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130B Distribution of child exploitation material
[Section 130B Amended by No. 29 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:01 Aug 2005]
(1) A person who –
(a) distributes, or does anything to facilitate the distribution of, child exploitation material; and
(b) knows, or ought to have known, that the material is child exploitation material –
is guilty of a crime.
Charge: Distributing child exploitation material.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) –
distribute, in relation to child exploitation material, includes –
(a) send, sell, deal, supply, exhibit, transmit or communicate that material to another person, or enter into an agreement or arrangement to do so; and
(b) make that material available for access by another person, or enter into an agreement or arrangement to do so.