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Jury Directions Act 2015
47DDirection on the absence of physical injury, violence or a threat
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47D Direction on the absence of physical injury, violence or a threat
For the purposes of this Division, a direction on the absence of physical injury, violence or a threat is a direction informing the jury that experience shows that—
(a) there are many different circumstances in which people do and do not consent to a sexual act; and
(b) people who do not consent to a sexual act may not be—
(i) physically injured or subjected to violence; or
(ii) threatened with physical injury or violence.
S. 47E inserted by No. 38/2022 s. 48.