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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 201 Interfering with a mine

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 201

Interfering with a mine

201 Interfering with a mine

(1) A person who intentionally or recklessly--
(a) causes water to run into a mine or any subterranean channel connected to it,
(b) destroys, damages or obstructs any shaft, passage, pit, airway, waterway or drain of, or associated with, a mine,
(c) destroys, damages or renders useless any equipment, structure, building, road or bridge belonging to, or associated with, a mine, or
(d) hinders the working of equipment belonging to, or associated with, a mine,
is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) In this section,
"mine" includes--
(a) a place at which gas or other petroleum is extracted from the ground, and
(b) a place at which exploration for minerals, or for gas or other petroleum, is undertaken by mechanical means that disturb the ground, and
(c) a place at which works are being carried out to enable the extraction of minerals, or of gas or other petroleum, from the ground, and
(d) a former mine at which works are being carried out to decommission the mine or make it safe.