797
CurrentNew section 321AA inserted
Chapter 19Transitional provisions and consequential amendments relating to minimum age of criminal responsibility
Part 19.6Amendment of Crimes Act
Division 1Conspiracy, incitement, recruitment and complicity
797 New section 321AA inserted
After section 321 of the Crimes Act 1958 insert—
"321AA Agreement with child who may not be criminally responsible
A person may be found guilty of an offence against section 321 even if—
(a)
the other party to the agreement referred to in that section is a child, or, if there is more than one other party to the agreement, all of the other parties to the agreement are children; and
(b)
under section 10 or 11 of the Youth Justice Act 2024, it is presumed that the child, or those children, cannot commit the offence that is the subject of the agreement.
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