Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 103ZW

103ZW Direction on behaviour and appearance of complainant

The judge may direct the jury that it should not be assumed that a person consented to a sexual activity because the person—

(a) wore particular clothing or had a particular appearance; or

(b) consumed alcohol or another drug; or

(c) was present in a particular location; or

Examples—

1 The person attended a nightclub.

2 The person went to the defendant’s home.

(d) acted in a flirtatious or sexual manner; or

(e) worked as a sex worker.