Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:8:p168
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 168/268)
Character Range: 791644–794277

(1) A person commits an offence if the person:
 (a) commits a burglary in company with one or more other persons; or
 (b) commits a burglary, and at the time of the burglary, has an offensive weapon with him or her.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 17 years.
 (2) For the purposes of this Code, an offence against subsection (1) is to be known as the offence of aggravated burglary.
 (3) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) in relation to the offence of burglary created by subsection 132.4(1), it is not necessary to prove that the defendant knew that the property concerned belonged to a Commonwealth entity.
 (4) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) in relation to the offence of burglary created by subsection 132.4(3), it is not necessary to prove that:
 (a) the defendant knew that the offence referred to in paragraph 132.4(3)(a) is an offence against a law of the Commonwealth; or
 (b) the defendant knew that the offence referred to in paragraph 132.4(3)(a) is punishable by imprisonment for life or for a term of 5 years or more.
 (5) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) in relation to the offence of burglary created by subsection 132.4(6), it is not necessary to prove that:
 (a) the defendant knew that the offence referred to in paragraph 132.4(6)(a) is an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
 (b) the defendant knew that the offence referred to in paragraph 132.4(6)(a) is punishable by imprisonment for life or for a term of 5 years or more; or
 (c) the defendant knew that the building was owned or occupied by a Commonwealth entity.
 (6) In this section:
offensive weapon includes:
 (a) an article made or adapted for use for causing injury to, or incapacitating, a person; or
 (b) an article where the person who has the article intends, or threatens to use, the article to cause injury to, or to incapacitate, another person.

132.6  Making off without payment
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person, knowing that immediate payment for any goods or services supplied by another person is required or expected from him or her, dishonestly makes off:
 (i) without having paid; and
 (ii) with intent to avoid payment of the amount due; and
 (b) the other person is a Commonwealth entity.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
 (2) Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (1)(b) element of the offence.
 (3) For the purposes of this section, immediate payment includes payment at the time of collecting goods in respect of which a service has been provided.

132.7  Going equipped for theft or a property offence
 (1) A