Criminal Code 2002

A person commits an offence if—

the person intentionally makes to someone else a threat to cause damage to a public facility by committing a property offence or by causing an unauthorised computer function; and

the person intends the other person to fear that the threat will be carried out and will cause—

major disruption to government functions; or

major disruption to the use of services by the public; or

major economic loss.

Maximum penalty: 1 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 15 years or both.

To remove any doubt, a person does not commit an offence against this section only because the person intends to or threatens to take part in a protest, strike or lockout.

In a prosecution for an offence against this section it is not necessary to prove that the person threatened actually feared that the threat would be carried out.

For this section—

a threat to a person includes a threat to a group of people; and

fear that a threat will be carried out includes apprehension that it will be carried out.

Note For further definition of threat, see the dictionary.

Chapter 6 Serious drug offences

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