22Manufacturing false Photo Cards

22 Manufacturing false Photo Cards

22 Manufacturing false Photo Cards

(1) A person must not make a false document that could reasonably be taken to be a Photo Card with the intent that the document be used by any person as a Photo Card.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) A person (the offender) must not give to another person a false document that could reasonably be taken to be a Photo Card with the intent that the document be used by any person as a Photo Card, if the offender knows or could reasonably be expected to know that the document is false.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) in circumstances of aggravation.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(4) For the purposes of this section, a person commits an offence in circumstances of aggravation if—

(a) the offence involved a high degree of planning, or

(b) the offence involved the use of other people acting at the direction of the person convicted of the offence in the commission of the offence, or

(c) the person committed the offence solely or principally for financial reward, or

(d) the offender has a previous conviction for an offence under this section, under clause 18 of Schedule 1 to the Liquor Act 2007 or under section 117EB (Manufacturing false proof of age cards) of the Liquor Act 1982.

s 22: Am 2009 No 106, Sch 5.13.