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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 01 Hansard (Tuesday, 10 February 2004) . . Page.. 166 ..

(4) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

[2.17] Section 30 

substitute

30 Segregated  sexes in public bathing convenience

(1) A person (the bather) commits an offence if—

(a) the bather is at least 6 years old; and

(b) the bather enters a public bathing convenience, or a part of a public bathing convenience, that is set aside for the exclusive use of members of a sex different from that of the bather; and

(c) a notice is displayed at the entrance to the convenience or part indicating that it is so set aside.

Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the bather enters the convenience or part for the purpose of giving assistance to someone else in an emergency.

(3) For this section, if the bather is a transgender or intersex person, the bather is taken to be a member of whichever sex the bather identifies with by living, or seeking to live, as a member of that sex.

(4) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

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