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NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION (SAFEGUARDS) ACT 1987 - SECT 35A Acts against nuclear facilities etc.

NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION (SAFEGUARDS) ACT 1987 - SECT 35A

Acts against nuclear facilities etc.

    A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person does an act that is directed against a nuclear facility or that interferes with the operation of a nuclear facility; and

  (b)   the person does so intending that the act will cause, or knowing that the act is likely to cause:

  (i)   the death of, or serious injury to, any person; or

  (ii)   substantial damage to property or to the environment;

    by exposure to radiation or by the release of radioactive substances.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 20 years.