South Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 260

260—Unlawful acts of goods contamination or other acts prejudicing the health or safety of the public

        (1)         A person is guilty of an offence if the person commits an act to which this section applies intending—

            (a)         to cause prejudice, to create a risk of prejudice, or to create an apprehension of a risk of prejudice, to the health or safety of the public; and

            (b)         by doing so—

                  (i)         to gain a benefit for himself, herself or another; or

                  (ii)         to cause loss or harm to another; or

                  (iii)         to cause public alarm or anxiety.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years.

        (2)         A person commits an act to which this section applies if the person—

            (a)         contaminates goods or commits some other act prejudicing public health or safety; or

            (b)         makes it appear that—

                  (i)         goods have been, or are about to be, contaminated; or

                  (ii)         some other act prejudicing public health or safety has been, or is about to be, committed; or

            (c)         makes a threat to contaminate goods or to commit some other act prejudicing public health or safety; or

            (d)         falsely claims that goods have been or are about to be contaminated, or some other act prejudicing public health or safety has been, or is about to be, committed.

        (3)         In this section, a reference to the contamination of goods is limited to contamination in a way that prejudices or could prejudice the health or safety of a consumer.