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Criminal Code Act 1983
208DActivities involving serious harm or risk of death or serious
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208D Activities involving serious harm or risk of death or serious
harm
Part that is constituted by conduct that causes serious harm to
another person or gives rise to a danger of death or serious harm to
another person if:
(a) the conduct concerned is engaged in by the person for the
purpose of benefiting the other person or pursuant to a
socially acceptable function or activity; and
(b) having regard to the purpose, function or activity, the conduct
was reasonable.
Criminal Code Act 1983 175