Social Policy Scrutiny Committee Inquiry into the Criminal Code Amendment (Intimate Images) Bill 2017 March 2018
Tabled paper 650
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2018-03-13
Tabled by Ngaree Ah Kit
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Inquiry into the Criminal Code Amendment (Intimate Images) Bill 2017 14 the progress by all jurisdictions to prevent technology-facilitated abuse6 and identify non-binding, best practice principles for nationally consistent criminal offences relating to non-consensual sharing of intimate images.7 2.5 Drawing on the legislation enacted in other Australian jurisdictions, and taking into consideration the recommendations of the Northern Territory Law Reform Committee and the National Principles, the Criminal Code Amendment (Intimate Images) Bill seeks to address the: growing community concern about the sharing of intimate images of a person without that persons consent.8 Purpose and Overview of the Bill 2.6 As noted in the Explanatory Statement, the purpose of the Criminal Code Amendment (Intimate Images) Bill is to amend the Criminal Code Act to address the non-consensual sharing of intimate images. The Bill introduces two new offences of non-consensual sharing of an intimate image and threatening to share an intimate image, each with a maximum penalty of 3 years imprisonment. 2.7 The Bill also introduces an ancillary power for a court to order rectification when a person is found guilty of one of the new offences. Breach of the court order carries a maximum penalty of 2 years imprisonment.9 6 Law, Crime and Community Safety Council, National Statement of Principles Relating to the Criminalisation of the Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images, https://www.ag.gov.au/CrimeAndCorruption/Cybercrime/Documents/National-statement-of-principlescriminalisation-non-consensual-sharing-intimate-images.PDF, p.1 7 Law, Crime and Community Safety Council, National Statement of Principles Relating to the Criminalisation of the Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images, https://www.ag.gov.au/CrimeAndCorruption/Cybercrime/Documents/National-statement-of-principlescriminalisation-non-consensual-sharing-intimate-images.PDF, p.1 8 Explanatory Statement, Criminal Code amendment (Intimate Images) Bill 2017 (Serial No. 38), https://parliament.nt.gov.au/committees/spsc/CCA, p.1 9 Explanatory Statement, Criminal Code amendment (Intimate Images) Bill 2017 (Serial No. 38), https://parliament.nt.gov.au/committees/spsc/CCA, p.1 https://www.ag.gov.au/CrimeAndCorruption/Cybercrime/Documents/National-statement-of-principles-criminalisation-non-consensual-sharing-intimate-images.PDF https://www.ag.gov.au/CrimeAndCorruption/Cybercrime/Documents/National-statement-of-principles-criminalisation-non-consensual-sharing-intimate-images.PDF https://www.ag.gov.au/CrimeAndCorruption/Cybercrime/Documents/National-statement-of-principles-criminalisation-non-consensual-sharing-intimate-images.PDF https://www.ag.gov.au/CrimeAndCorruption/Cybercrime/Documents/National-statement-of-principles-criminalisation-non-consensual-sharing-intimate-images.PDF https://parliament.nt.gov.au/committees/spsc/CCA https://parliament.nt.gov.au/committees/spsc/CCA