Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 424

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     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

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

              (i)     major disruption to government functions; or

              (ii)     major disruption to the use of services by the public; or

              (iii)     major economic loss.

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

    (2)     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.

    (3)     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.

    (4)     For this section—

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

        (b)     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.