You’ve just been told that you’re HIV positive – and your world probably feels like a very different place.

It may not feel like it right now, but it really is good that you now know that you’re living with HIV.

Some people have been prosecuted for passing on HIV.  Under the law, this is referred to as Reckless Transmission.

Reckless Transmission is when someone did not try to prevent HIV from being transmitted.  It does not mean that they did it deliberately.

The law is broken if: