It is a defence to a charge for an offence against a provision of this Subdivision for A to prove on the balance of probabilities that, at the time of the conduct constituting the offence, A reasonably believed that the person who has a cognitive impairment or mental illness did not have a cognitive impairment or mental illness.
Note
The reference to A in this section is a reference to the same A referred to in the offence provisions in this Subdivision.
S. 52J inserted by No. 47/2016 s. 16.