Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:2:p140
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 140/169)
Character Range: 1537602–1540276

have been lost or wrongly delivered by or on behalf of Australia Post or lost in the course of delivery to Australia Post); or
 (iii) a postal message; and
 (c) the person:
 (i) intends that his or her conduct cause that damage; or
 (ii) is reckless as to whether his or her conduct causes that damage.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
 (2) For the purposes of this section, a person's conduct is taken to cause the destruction of a thing if the person's conduct causes the physical loss of the thing by interfering with the thing (including by removing any restraint over the thing or abandoning the thing).
 (3) For the purposes of this section, a person's conduct is taken to cause damage to a thing if:
 (a) the person's conduct causes any loss of a use of the function of the thing by interfering with the thing; or
 (b) the person's conduct causes the thing to be defaced.

471.7  Tampering with mail‑receptacles
 (1) A person commits an offence if the person dishonestly:
 (a) opens a mail‑receptacle; or
 (b) tampers with a mail‑receptacle.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person intentionally opens a mail‑receptacle; and
 (b) the person is not authorised by Australia Post to open the mail‑receptacle; and
 (c) the person does so knowing that he or she is not authorised by Australia Post to open the mail‑receptacle.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

471.8  Dishonestly obtaining delivery of articles
  A person commits an offence if the person dishonestly obtains delivery of, or receipt of, an article in the course of post that is not directed to the person.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.

471.9  Geographical jurisdiction
  Section 15.3 (extended geographical jurisdiction—category C) applies to an offence against section 471.1, 471.2, 471.3, 471.4, 471.5, 471.6, 471.7 or 471.8.

471.10  Hoaxes—explosives and dangerous substances
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person causes an article to be carried by a postal or similar service; and
 (b) the person does so with the intention of inducing a false belief that:
 (i) the article consists of, encloses or contains an explosive or a dangerous or harmful substance or thing; or
 (ii) an explosive, or a dangerous or harmful substance or thing, has been or will be left in any place.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
 (2) To avoid doubt, the definition of carried by post in section 470.1 does not apply to this section.

471.11  Using a postal or similar service to make a threat

Threat to kill
 (1) A person (the first person) commits an offence if:
 (a) the first person uses a postal or similar service to make to another person