Criminal Code Amendment (Misrepresentation of Age to a Minor) Bill 2010
Information about the Inquiry
On 04 February 2010 the Senate referred the Criminal Code Amendment (Misrepresentation of Age to a Minor) Bill 2010 for inquiry and report.
This bill is a private senator's bill introduced by Senator Xenophon. The bill amends the Criminal Code Act 1995 to make it a criminal offence for a person over 18 years of age to intentionally misrepresent their age in communications with a person they reasonably believe to be under 18 years of age. The bill is intended to protect people under the age of 18 years from internet predators who intentionally misrepresent their age so as to gain the trust of minors.
Submissions should be received by 19 February 2010. The reporting date is 30 June 2010.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:
Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3560 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5794 or by email to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to Parliament House TTY number 02 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools at http://access.adobe.com/ for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. If you require any special arrangements to enable you to participate in the Committee's inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretariat.
Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.
For further information, contact: Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia