Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (CHILD SEX OFFENDERS) ACT 2005 - SECT 132ZK

In deciding whether a person has a reasonable excuse for contravening a prohibition order or interim prohibition order under section 132ZI, or a registered corresponding prohibition order under section 132ZJ, the court must have regard to the following:

        (a)     the person's age;

        (b)     whether the person had, at the time of the contravention , a disability that affected the person's ability to understand, or to comply with, the order;

        (c)     whether the form of notice given to the person about the order was adequate to tell the person about the person's obligations under the order, having regard to the person's circumstances;

        (d)     any other matter the court considers appropriate.