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Act index » Part I - Offences » Division 1 - Offences against the person » Subdivision (8D) - Child abuse material
51T Defence—unsolicited possession
It is a defence to a charge for an offence against section 51G(1) for A to prove on the balance of probabilities that—
(b)on becoming aware of having come into possession of child abuse material, A, as soon as it was practicable to do so, took all reasonable steps in the circumstances to cease possessing the material.
The reference to A in this section is a reference to the same A referred to in section 51G.