Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE (SPECIAL UNDERTAKINGS) ACT 1952 - SECT 13

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person engages in conduct; and

  (b)   the conduct results in damage to, the destruction of, obstruction of or interference with any of the things listed in subsection   ( 2); and

  (c)   the person intends to bring about that result; and

  (d)   the thing is used or occupied either wholly or in part for the purposes of a special defence undertaking.

Penalty :   Imprisonment for 7 years.

  (2)   The following are the listed things:

  (a)   a railway, tramway, roadway, wharf, pier or jetty, or a work or structure which is part of or connected with a means of transport by land, water or air;

  (b)   a searchlight, lighthouse, buoy or other navigational aid;

  (c)   a public building, fire station, aerodrome, air station or runway for aircraft;

  (d)   a signal, telegraph, telephone, radar or wireless station or office;

  (e)   a place used for gas, water or electricity works or other works for purposes of a public character.