321LAB
In forceRecruiting a child to engage in tier 1 criminal activity
Part IOffences
Division 11ARecruiting a child to engage in criminal activity
321LAB Recruiting a child to engage in tier 1 criminal activity
S. 321LAB inserted by No. 32/2026 s. 4.
(1)
An adult must not recruit a person who is a child to engage in tier 1 criminal activity, knowing that the person is, or probably is, a child.
Penalty: Level 1 imprisonment (life).
(2)
For an adult to be guilty of an offence under subsection (1), the adult must know that it is likely the child will engage in the tier 1 criminal activity that is the subject of the recruiting.
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (1), the ages of the adult and the child are to be ascertained at the time of the recruitment.
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