A sentencing judge's error in mistaking the statutory age limit for an offence of sexual intercourse with a child outside Australia under s 272.8(1) of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) requires resentencing, but the age of the victim relative to the statutory maximum is only one factor in assessing objective seriousness and may not result in a lesser sentence where other aggravating factors are present.
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