Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Any person who
unlawfully and maliciously —
(a)
destroys or damages any supply system, or any generating works or distribution
works, or any other undertaking, works or other thing being the property of or
under the control or management of an energy operator or which is the subject
of an Agreement of the kind referred to in section 5(1)(b), or any part of any
such thing; or
(b)
interrupts, impedes or obstructs the transmission, distribution or supply of
energy therefrom; or
(c)
attempts to do any of those things,
is guilty of a crime
and is liable upon conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term of not
more than 10 years.
(2) Where an officer
or servant of an energy operator, or any other person, has reasonable grounds
to believe that a person has contravened subsection (1) he may, without
warrant other than this subsection, apprehend the person and deliver him to a
police officer who shall deal with him according to law.
[Section 74 amended: No. 89 of 1994 s. 39; No. 58
of 1999 s. 83(1); No. 70 of 2004 s. 82; No. 59 of 2006 s. 73.]