Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:4:p42
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 42/44)
Character Range: 275506–278306

or a person acting on behalf of a foreign principal.

            Penalty: Imprisonment for 20 years.

 (2) For the purposes of subparagraph (1)(c)(ii), the person:
 (a) does not need to have in mind a particular foreign country; and
 (b) may have in mind more than one foreign country.

 (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), the person:
 (a) does not need to have in mind a particular foreign principal; and
 (b) may have in mind more than one foreign principal.
Note: An alternative verdict may be available for an offence against this section (see section 82.12).

82.5  Offence of sabotage with intention as to national security

 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person engages in conduct; and
 (b) the conduct results in damage to public infrastructure; and
 (c) the person intends that the conduct will:
 (i) prejudice Australia's national security; or
 (ii) advantage the national security of a foreign country.

            Penalty: Imprisonment for 20 years.

 (2) For the purposes of subparagraph (1)(c)(ii), the person:
 (a) does not need to have in mind a particular foreign country; and
 (b) may have in mind more than one foreign country.
Note: An alternative verdict may be available for an offence against this section (see section 82.12).

82.6  Offence of sabotage reckless as to national security

 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person engages in conduct; and
 (b) the conduct results in damage to public infrastructure; and
 (c) the person is reckless as to whether the conduct will:
 (i) prejudice Australia's national security; or
 (ii) advantage the national security of a foreign country.

            Penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years.

 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), the person:
 (a) does not need to have in mind a particular foreign country; and
 (b) may have in mind more than one foreign country.

82.7  Offence of introducing vulnerability with intention as to national security

  A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person engages in conduct; and
 (b) the conduct has the result that an article or thing, or software, becomes vulnerable:
 (i) to misuse or impairment; or
 (ii) to being accessed or modified by a person not entitled to access or modify it; and
 (c) the article or thing, or software, is or is part of public infrastructure; and
 (d) the person engages in the conduct with the intention that prejudice to Australia's national security will occur (whether at the time or at a future time).
Note: An alternative verdict may be available for an offence against this section (see section 82.12).

            Penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years.

82.8  Offence of introducing vulnerability reckless as to national security

  A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person engages in conduct; and
 (b)