When is use of carriage service an offence?
When is use of carriage service an offence?
An offence in contravention of s. 474.17 is aggravated if the material that has been sent from one person to another, via use of a carriage service, involved private sexual material (s. 474.17A).
What is carriage service in the Telecommunications Act?
(Carriage Service Definition) The Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) s 7 defines carriage service as “a service for carrying communications by means of guided and/or unguided electromagnetic energy”. Broadly, this can be communications through text messages, phone calls, voice messages or social media posts and could also be missed phone calls.
What does carriage service in CTH’s 7 mean?
The Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) s 7 defines carriage service as “a service for carrying communications by means of guided and/or unguided electromagnetic energy”. Broadly, this can be communications through text messages, phone calls, voice messages or social media posts and could also be missed phone calls. What is a reasonable person?
The offence of use carriage service to menace, harass or offend is contained in section 474.17 of the Criminal Code contained in schedule one of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) and states that a person commits an offence if: the person uses a carriage service; and
How old do you have to be to use carriage service?
s 474.25A Criminal Code Using carriage service for sexual activity with a person under 16 years of age s.474.19 (1) Criminal Code—use carriage service for child pornography material (material regarding child under 18 years of age) s.474.26 (1) Criminal Code—use carriage service to procure person under 16 years of age
Who was charged with indecent assault of a child?
In R v EGC [2005] NSWCCA 392, the applicant was charged with multiple counts of sexual intercourse with a person under 10 years of age contrary to s 66A Crimes Act 1900 and aggravated indecent assault of a person under the age of 16 under his authority contrary to the repealed s 61E (1A). The offences were committed between 1986 and 1988.