Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMES (OFFENCES AGAINST PREGNANT WOMEN) AMENDMENT ACT 2006 (NO. 5 OF 2006) - SECT 20

New section 342 (1) (w)

insert

        (w)     if a victim of the offence was a pregnant woman—

              (i)     whether the person knew, or ought reasonably to have known, that the woman was pregnant; and

              (ii)     whether the person intended to cause, or was reckless about causing, loss of or harm to the pregnancy; and

              (iii)     the loss of or harm to the pregnancy; and

              (iv)     whether the person intended to cause, or was reckless about causing, the death of or harm to a child born alive as a result of the pregnancy; and

              (v)     the death of or harm to a child born alive as a result of the pregnancy.