Criminal Code Act 1995

A person commits an offence if the person:

on a particular occasion, dishonestly takes one or more items of property belonging to a Commonwealth entity, where:

the value or total value of the property is $500 or more; or

the absence of the property from the possession, custody or control of the person who would otherwise have had possession, custody or control would be likely to cause substantial disruption to activities carried on by or on behalf of a Commonwealth entity; and

does not have consent to do so from the person who has authority to give consent.

A person commits an offence if the person:

on a particular occasion, takes one or more items of property belonging to a Commonwealth entity; and

dishonestly retains any or all of those items; and

does not have consent to the retention from the person who has authority to give consent; and

either:

at the time of the taking of the property, the value or total value of the property was $500 or more; or

the absence of the property from the possession, custody or control of the person who would otherwise have had possession, custody or control is likely to cause substantial disruption to activities carried on by or on behalf of a Commonwealth entity.