Criminal Code Act 1899

It is a circumstance of aggravation for a prescribed offence that the offender was wholly or partly motivated to commit the offence by hatred or serious contempt for a person or group of persons based on—

in relation to a person—the race, religion, sexuality, sex characteristics or gender identity of the person, or presumed race, religion, sexuality, sex characteristics or gender identity of the person; or

in relation to a group of persons—the race, religion, sexuality, sex characteristics or gender identity shared, or presumed to be shared, by the members of the group.

In this section—prescribed offence means an offence against any of the following sections—

section 69;

section 75;

section 207;

section 335;

section 339;

section 359;

section 359E;

section 469.

sch 1 pt 2 ch 7A s 52B ins 2023 No. 26 s 12