NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION (SAFEGUARDS) ACT 1987 - SECT 38E Threats and demands

NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION (SAFEGUARDS) ACT 1987 - SECT 38E

  (1)   A person commits an offence if the person threatens to do an act that would be an offence against section   38D.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 20 years.

  (2)   A person (the offender ) commits an offence if:

  (a)   the offender demands that another person:

  (i)   create material, a thing or a facility; or

  (ii)   allow the offender, or another person, access to, or control of, material, a thing or a facility; or

  (iii)   make material, a thing or a facility available to the offender or another person; and

  (b)   the material, thing or facility is (or would, if created, be) radioactive material, a Convention device or a nuclear facility; and

  (c)   the demand is made by force or threat of force, or by any form of intimidation.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 20 years.