Hatred and Harassment

Question 1

Who authorises racial hatred offences?

Answer 1

Attorney General or Solicitor General?

Question 2

How many times must a person pursue a ‘course of conduct’ that amounts to harassment?

Answer 2

On at least two occasions

Question 3

What amounts to harassment?

Answer 3

Causing a person alarm or distress.

Question 4

Does a course of conduct (2 or more instances) have to be committed against the same victim?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

Can acts of Harassment be passed via a 3rd party (who may not know anything about the intentions) ?

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

Can a company be a victim of harassment?

Answer 6

No (but employees can)

Question 7

Can a company commit harassment?

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

What is the first defence to Harassment?

Answer 8

It was intended for the purpose of preventing or detecting crime

Question 9

What is defence 2 to Harassment?

Answer 9

The acts were carried out under law

Question 10

For the offence of putting people in fear of violence, can the accused still commit the offence if the threat is in the future?

Answer 10

Yes - but the victim must fear when the the threat is made out