Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act, "terrorist act" means an action or threat of an action if:
(a) the action falls within subsection (2) and does not fall within subsection (3);
(b) the action is done or the threat is made with the intention of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause; and
(c) the action is done or the threat is made with the intention of:
(i) coercing, or influencing by intimidation, the government of the Commonwealth or a State, Territory or foreign country, or of part of a State, Territory or foreign country; or
(ii) intimidating the public or a section of the public.
(2) Action falls within this subsection if it:
(a) causes serious harm that is physical harm to a person;
(b) causes serious damage to property;
(c) causes a person's death;
(d) endangers a person's life, other than the life of the person taking the action;
(e) creates a serious risk to public health or public safety; or
(f) seriously interferes with, seriously disrupts, or destroys, an electronic system, including but not limited to:
(i) an information system;
(ii) a telecommunications system;
(iii) a financial system;
(iv) a system used for the delivery of essential government services;
(v) a system used for, or by, an essential public utility; or
(vi) a system used for, or by, a transport system.
(3) Action falls within this subsection if it:
(a) is advocacy, protest, dissent or industrial action; and
(b) it is not intended:
(i) to cause serious harm that is physical harm to a person;
(ii) to cause a person's death;
(iii) to endanger a person's life, other than the life of the person taking the action; or
(iv) to create a serious risk to public health or public safety.
(4) In this section, a reference to a person or property is a reference to a person or property wherever situated, within or outside the Territory (including within or outside Australia).