131B - Meeting Young Person Following Sexual Grooming Flashcards
What is the Act and Section for Meeting young person following sexual grooming etc ?
Crimes Act 1961
Section 131B
What are the elements and penalty ?
(a) having MET or COMMUNICATED with a person under 16 on an earlier occasion, HE or SHE takes one of the following actions
(i) intentionally meets the young person
(ii) travels with the intention of meeting the young person
(iii) arranges for or persuades the young person to travel with the intention of meetings him or her AND
(b) at the time of taking the actions he or she intends
(i) to take in respect of the young person an action they if taken in NZ would be an offence against this part or against any of paragraph (sexual exploitation) of S98AA OR
(ii) young person does an act on offender
Not exceeding 7 years
A young person under the age of 16 includes ..
A Police Constable pretending to be a young person under 16, IF the offender when taking any of the actions in paragraph (1) believed the fictitious young person was a young person
What are the defence ?
Before offender took actions concerned, they had taken reasonable steps to find out whether the young person was of or over 16 years
AND
Believed in reasonable grounds at the time of actions that the young person was 16 or over
When is the offence complete ?
When the parties meet
OR
Offender travels or makes arrangements to meet the complaint with the relevant intent. To be intentional the meeting needs only be ‘purposely arranged’
