Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A person commits an offence if the person recruits someone else to carry out, or assist in carrying out, a criminal activity.
Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person recruits a child to carry out, or assist in carrying out, a criminal activity.
Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 10 years.
(3) For subsection (2), "criminal activity" includes conduct that makes up the physical elements of an indictable offence engaged in by a person who is under the age of criminal responsibility for the offence.
(4) In this section:
"recruit" means counsel, procure, solicit, incite or induce.