Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

FAMILY VIOLENCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2022 (NO. 13 OF 2022) - SECT 56

in part 3, insert

72AA     Aggravated offences—pt 3 offences involving family violence

    (1)     This section applies to an offence against any of the following provisions:

        (a)     section 51 (Sexual assault in the first degree);

        (b)     section 52 (Sexual assault in the second degree);

        (c)     section 53 (Sexual assault in the third degree);

        (d)     section 54 (Sexual intercourse without consent);

        (e)     section 55 (Sexual intercourse with young person);

        (f)     section 57 (Act of indecency in the first degree);

        (g)     section 58 (Act of indecency in the second degree);

        (h)     section 59 (Act of indecency in the third degree);

              (i)     section 60 (Act of indecency without consent);

        (j)     section 61 (Acts of indecency with young people);

        (k)     section 61B (Intimate observations or capturing visual data etc);

        (l)     section 63 (Abduction);

        (m)     section 64 (Using child for production of child exploitation material etc);

        (n)     section 64A (Trading in child exploitation material);

        (o)     section 65 (Possessing child exploitation material);

        (p)     section 66 (Grooming and depraving young people);

        (q)     section 66AB (Making false report about child sexual offence).

    (2)     The offence is an aggravated offence if the offence involves family violence.

    (3)     If the prosecution intends to prove that the offence is an aggravated offence, the factors of aggravation must be stated in the charge.

    (4)     To remove any doubt—

        (a)     it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the defendant had a fault element in relation to any factor of aggravation; and

        (b)     the Criminal Code

, chapter 2 (other than the applied provisions) does not apply to an offence mentioned in subsection (1), whether or not it is an aggravated offence, unless the chapter applied to the offence before the commencement of this section.

Note     The Criminal Code

does not apply to offences against this part that were offences in force before 1 January 2003 unless the offence is omitted and remade (see Criminal Code

, s 8).

    (5)     In this section:

"factor of aggravation" means the matter mentioned in subsection (2).

Note     The following sections also provide that particular offences involving family violence are aggravated offences:

        (a)     s 48C (Aggravated offences—pt 2 offences involving family violence);

        (b)     s 72EA (Aggravated offences—pt 3A offences involving family violence);

        (c)     s 116 (Destroying or damaging property).

72AB     Alternative verdicts for aggravated offences—offences involving family violence

    (1)     This section applies if, in a prosecution for an aggravated offence mentioned in column 2 of an item in table 72AB, the trier of fact—

        (a)     is not satisfied that the defendant committed the aggravated offence; but

        (b)     is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant committed an offence mentioned in column 3 of the item (the alternative offence ).

    (2)     The trier of fact may find the defendant guilty of the alternative offence but only if the defendant has been given procedural fairness in relation to that finding of guilt.

Table 72AB

column 1 item	column 2 aggravated offence	column 3 alternative offences
1	section 51 (Sexual assault in the first degree), aggravated offence	•     section 19 (Intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm), aggravated offence               •     section 19, simple offence               •     section 20 (Recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm), aggravated offence               •     section 20, simple offence               •     section 25 (Causing grievous bodily harm)               •     section 51, simple offence               •     section 52 (Sexual assault in the second degree), aggravated offence               •     section 52, simple offence               •     section 53 (Sexual assault in the third degree), aggravated offence               •     section 53, simple offence               •     section 54 (Sexual intercourse without consent), aggravated offence               •     section 54, simple offence
2	section 52 (Sexual assault in the second degree), aggravated offence	•     section 24 (Assault occasioning actual bodily harm), aggravated offence               •     section 24, simple offence               •     section 52, simple offence               •     section 53 (Sexual assault in the third degree), aggravated offence               •     section 53, simple offence               •     section 54 (Sexual intercourse without consent), aggravated offence               •     section 54, simple offence
3	section 53 (Sexual assault in the third degree), aggravated offence	•     section 53, simple offence               •     section 54 (Sexual intercourse without consent), aggravated offence               •     section 54, simple offence
4	section 54 (Sexual intercourse without consent), aggravated offence	•     section 54, simple offence
5	section 55 (Sexual intercourse with young person), aggravated offence	•     section 55, simple offence
6	section 57 (Act of indecency in the first degree), aggravated offence	•     section 19 (Intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm), aggravated offence               •     section 19, simple offence               •     section 20 (Recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm), aggravated offence               •     section 20, simple offence               •     section 25 (Causing grievous bodily harm)               •     section 57, simple offence               •     section 58 (Act of indecency in the second degree), aggravated offence               •     section 58, simple offence
7	section 58 (Act of indecency in the second degree), aggravated offence	•     section 24 (Assault occasioning actual bodily harm), aggravated offence               •     section 24, simple offence               •     section 58, simple offence
8	section 59 (Act of indecency in the third degree), aggravated offence	•     section 59, simple offence
9	section 60 (Act of indecency without consent), aggravated offence	•     section 60, simple offence
10	section 61 (Acts of indecency with young people), aggravated offence	•     section 61, simple offence
11	section 61B (1) (Intimate observations or capturing visual data etc), aggravated offence	•     section 61B (1), simple offence
12	section 61B (5) (Intimate observations or capturing visual data etc), aggravated offence	•     section 61B (5), simple offence
13	section 63 (Abduction), aggravated offence	•     section 63, simple offence
14	section 64 (Using child for production of child exploitation material etc), aggravated offence	•     section 64, simple offence
15	section 64A (Trading in child exploitation material), aggravated offence	•     section 64A, simple offence
16	section 65 (Possessing child exploitation material), aggravated offence	•     section 65, simple offence
17	section 66 (Grooming and depraving young people), aggravated offence	•     section 66, simple offence
18	section 66AB (Making false report about child sexual offence), aggravated offence	•     section 66AB, simple offence