“Terrorist act”, meaning of
5 “Terrorist act”, meaning of
In this section —
jurisdiction means this State, another State, a Territory, the Commonwealth, or a foreign country;
person means a person in any jurisdiction;
property means property in any jurisdiction.
In this Act terrorist act means an act that —
is an act that falls within subsection (3) but not within subsection (4);
is done with the intention of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause; and
is done with the intention of —
coercing, or influencing by intimidation, the government of, or of a part of, any jurisdiction; or
intimidating the public, or a section of the public, of any jurisdiction.
An act falls within this subsection if it —
causes a person’s death;
causes serious physical harm to a person;
endangers a person’s life, other than the life of the person doing the act;
creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public;
causes serious damage to property; or
seriously interferes with, seriously disrupts, or destroys, an electronic system including, but not limited to —
an information system;
a telecommunications system;
a financial system;
a system used for the delivery of essential government services;
a system used for, or by, an essential public utility;
a system used for, or by, a transport system.
An act falls within this subsection if it —
is advocacy, protest, dissent or industrial action; and
is not intended —
to cause a person’s death;
to cause serious physical harm to a person;
to endanger a person’s life, other than the life of the person doing the act;
to create a serious risk to the health or safety of the public.
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