South Australia
Criminal Law Consolidation (Dishonest Communication with Children) Amendment Bill 2018
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935
4	Insertion of Part 5 Division 5A
Division 5A—Dishonest communication with children
139A	Dishonest communication with children

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law Consolidation (Dishonest Communication with Children) Amendment Act 2018.
2—Commencement
This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
3—Amendment provisions
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935
4—Insertion of Part 5 Division 5A
Part 5—after Division 5 insert:
Division 5A—Dishonest communication with children
139A—Dishonest communication with children
	(1)	A person of or over the age of 18 years who—
	(a)	knowingly communicates with a child; and
	(b)	makes a false representation in such communication that—
	(i)	the person is younger than they are; or
	(ii)	the person is someone other than who they are; and
	(c)	meets or arranges to meet with the child,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
	(2)	A person of or over the age of 18 years who—
	(a)	knowingly communicates with a child; and
	(b)	makes a false representation in such communication that—
	(i)	the person is younger than they are; or
	(ii)	the person is someone other than who they are,
with intent to commit an offence against the child is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
	(3)	In this section—
child means a person under the age of 17 years.