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CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 20AB

20AB—Further offence involving use of human biological material

        (1)         A person who commits a prohibited act involving human biological material against another person is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         if harm is caused to the victim—imprisonment for 3 years;

            (b)         in any other case—imprisonment for 2 years.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1), a person commits a "prohibited act involving human biological material" against another person (the "victim") if—

            (a)         the person intentionally causes human biological material to come into contact with the victim; or

            (b)         the person threatens (by words or conduct) to cause human biological material to come into contact with the victim.

        (3)         For the purposes of this section, a person causes human biological material to come into contact with a victim if the person performs any act (including, without limiting the generality of this subsection, by spitting or throwing human biological material at the victim) intended or likely to cause human biological material to come into contact with the victim.

        (4)         In this section—

"harm" has the same meaning as in Division 7A;

"human biological material" means—

            (a)         blood, saliva, semen, faeces, urine or vomit; or

            (b)         any other material prescribed by the regulations.



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