Threats to sabotage
247L Threats to sabotage
S. 247L inserted by No. 10/2003 s. 6.
A person who—
makes to another person a threat to damage a public facility by committing a property offence or by causing an unauthorised computer function; and
intends that 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—
is guilty of an offence and liable to level 4 imprisonment (15 years maximum).
In the prosecution of 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 the purposes of this section—
a threat may be made by any conduct and may be explicit or implicit, conditional or unconditional; and
a threat to a person includes a threat to a group of persons; and
fear that a threat will be carried out includes apprehension that it will be carried out.
Pt 1 Div. 3 Subdiv. (16) (Heading and s. 247) repealed by No. 9228 s. 2(1)(c).
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Pt 1 Div. 3 Subdiv. (17) (Heading and s. 248) amended by No. 8870 s. 3, repealed by No. 9228 s. 2(1)(c).
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Pt 1 Div. 3 Subdivs (18)(19) (Headings and ss 249–251) repealed by No. 9228 s. 2(1)(c).
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