FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO. 19 OF 2017) - SECT 54 Failure to disclose sexual offence committed against child under the age of 16 years

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FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO. 19 OF 2017) - SECT 54

Failure to disclose sexual offence committed against child under the age of 16 years

After section 327(7) of the Crimes Act 1958 insert —

"(8) A prosecution for an offence under subsection (2) must not be commenced without the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

(9) In determining whether to consent to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (2), the Director of Public Prosecutions must consider whether the alleged offender has been subjected to family violence (within the meaning of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 ) that is relevant to the circumstances in which the offence is alleged to have been committed.".

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