Terrorism (Preventative Detention) Act 2006

For the purposes of this Act, an action or threat of action is a terrorist act if —

the action falls within subsection (2) and does not fall within subsection (3);

the action is done or the threat is made with the intention of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause; and

the action is done or the threat is made with the intention of —

coercing, or influencing by intimidation, the government of the Commonwealth or a State, Territory or foreign country, or of part of a State, Territory or foreign country; or

intimidating the public, or a section of the public.

Action 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.

Action 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.

In this section —

a reference to any person or property is a reference to any person or property wherever situated, within or outside the State (including within or outside Australia); and

a reference to the public includes a reference to the public of another State or Territory or of a country other than Australia.