Recruiting a child to engage in tier 2 criminal activity
321LB Recruiting a child to engage in tier 2 criminal activity
S. 321LB (Heading) amended by No. 32/2026 s. 5(1).
S. 321LB inserted by No. 43/2017 s. 4.
S. 321LB(1) amended by Nos 32/2024 s. 800, 54/2025 s. 7, 32/2026 s. 5(2).
An adult must not recruit a person who is a child to engage in tier 2 criminal activity, knowing that the person is, or probably is, a child.
Penalty: Level 4 imprisonment (15 years maximum).
S. 321LB(2) amended by No. 32/2026 s. 5(3).
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 2 criminal activity that is the subject of the recruiting.
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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