(1) A person must not
engage in prohibited behaviour within a safe access zone.
Penalty for this subsection: imprisonment for 1
year and a fine of $12 000.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection (1), a person engages in prohibited behaviour if the person
—
(a)
besets, harasses, intimidates, interferes with, threatens, hinders, obstructs
or impedes a person accessing, attempting to access or leaving premises at
which abortions are provided; or
(b)
subject to subsection (3), communicates by any means in relation to abortion
in a manner that is —
(i)
able to be seen or heard by a person accessing,
attempting to access or leaving premises at which abortions are provided; and
(ii)
reasonably likely to cause distress or anxiety;
or
(c)
without reasonable excuse, interferes with or impedes a footpath, road or
vehicle in relation to abortion; or
(d)
without reasonable excuse, makes a recording by any means of another person
accessing, attempting to access or leaving premises at which abortions are
provided, without the other person’s consent; or
(e)
engages in any other behaviour prescribed by the regulations for the purposes
of this paragraph.
(3) Subsection (2)(b)
does not apply if the person communicating in relation to abortion is an
employee or other person who provides services at the premises.
[Section 202P inserted: No. 9 of 2021 s. 4.]