Conduct directed at circumventing revocation proceedings that have been commenced in a court (by filing of a revocation application) constitutes perverting the course of justice under ss 312 and 319 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), even where the underlying subject matter is the administration of a community service order. The critical distinction is whether the conduct is directed at impairing the capacity of a court to adjudicate, not merely at defeating an administrative process. Agreed facts tendered on sentence may be considered to determine whether a charge discloses an offence known to law.
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