Using radioactive material
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person uses material; and
(b) the material is radioactive material; and
(c) the person intends the use of the material:
(i) to cause the death of, or serious bodily injury to, an individual; or
(ii) to cause substantial damage to property or to the environment; or
(iii) to compel a person or group of persons (including an international organisation or a legislative, executive or judicial institution of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, or of a foreign country) to do or refrain from doing any act or thing.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 20 years.
Using or damaging Convention device
(2) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person uses or damages a thing; and
(b) the thing is a Convention device; and
(c) the person intends the use of, or damage to, the thing:
(i) to cause the death of, or serious bodily injury to, an individual; or
(ii) to cause substantial damage to property or to the environment; or
(iii) to compel a person or group of persons (including an international organisation or a legislative, executive or judicial institution of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, or of a foreign country) to do or refrain from doing any act or thing.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 20 years.
Using or damaging nuclear facility
(3) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person uses or damages a facility; and
(b) the facility is a nuclear facility; and
(c) the use or damage causes radioactive material to be released, or creates a risk of radioactive material being released; and
(d) the person intends the use of, or damage to, the facility:
(i) to cause the death of, or serious bodily injury to, an individual; or
(ii) to cause substantial damage to property or to the environment; or
(iii) to compel a person or group of persons (including an international organisation or a legislative, executive or judicial institution of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, or of a foreign country) to do or refrain from doing any act or thing.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 20 years.