Criminal Code (Non-consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Amendment Bill 2018 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code (Non-consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Amendment Act 2018.

2 Code amended This Act amends the Criminal Code.

3 Amendment of s 1 (Definitions) Section 1— insert— intimate image, for part 4, chapter 22, see section 207A. prohibited visual recording, for part 4, chapter 22, see section 207A.

4 Amendment of s 207A (Definitions for this chapter) (1) Section 207A— insert— intimate image, of a person— (a) means a moving or still image that depicts— (i) the person engaged in an intimate sexual activity that is not ordinarily done in public; or (ii) the person's genital or anal region, when it is bare or covered only by underwear; or (iii) if the person is female or a transgender or intersex person who identifies as female—the person's bare breasts; and (b) includes an image that has been altered to appear to show any of the things mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) to (iii); and (c) includes an image depicting a thing mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) to (iii), even if the thing has been digitally obscured, if the person is depicted in a sexual way. prohibited visual recording, of a person, means— (a) a visual recording of the person, in a private place or engaging in a private act, made in circumstances where a reasonable adult would expect to be afforded privacy; or (b) a visual recording of the person's genital or anal region, when it is bare or covered only by underwear, made in circumstances where a reasonable adult would expect to be afforded privacy in relation to that region. (2) Section 207A, definition state of undress, paragraph (a), 'female,'— omit, insert— female or a transgender or intersex person who identifies as female,