Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00749:section:5d:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00749
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5D (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 136799–139418

5D  Serious offences

General types of serious offences
 (1) An offence is a serious offence if it is:
 (a) a murder, or an offence of a kind equivalent to murder; or
 (b) a kidnapping, or an offence of a kind equivalent to kidnapping; or
 (c) an offence against Division 307 of the Criminal Code; or
 (d) an offence constituted by conduct involving an act or acts of terrorism; or
 (e) an offence against:
 (i) Subdivision A of Division 72 of the Criminal Code; or
 (ia) Subdivision B of Division 80 of the Criminal Code; or
 (ib) section 80.2C of the Criminal Code; or
 (ic) Division 82 of the Criminal Code (sabotage); or
 (id) Division 83 of the Criminal Code (other threats to security); or
 (ie) Division 91 of the Criminal Code (espionage); or
 (if) Division 92 of the Criminal Code (foreign interference); or
 (ig) Division 92A of the Criminal Code (theft of trade secrets involving foreign government principal); or
 (ii) Division 101 of the Criminal Code; or
 (iii) Division 102 of the Criminal Code; or
 (iv) Division 103 of the Criminal Code; or
 (v) section 104.27 of the Criminal Code; or
 (va) section 105A.18A of the Criminal Code; or
 (vi) Division 119 of the Criminal Code; or
 (vii) Division 122 of the Criminal Code (secrecy of information); or
 (viii) section 137.1A of the Criminal Code (aggravated offence for giving false or misleading information); or
 (f) except for the purposes of an application for a warrant by an agency other than the ACC, an offence in relation to which the ACC is conducting a special ACC investigation.
 (2) An offence is also a serious offence if:
 (a) it is an offence punishable by imprisonment for life or for a period, or maximum period, of at least 7 years; and
 (b) the particular conduct constituting the offence involved, involves or would involve, as the case requires:
 (i) loss of a person's life or serious risk of loss of a person's life; or
 (ii) serious personal injury or serious risk of serious personal injury; or
 (iii) serious damage to property in circumstances endangering the safety of a person; or
 (iiia) serious arson; or
 (iv) trafficking in prescribed substances; or
 (v) serious fraud; or
 (vi) serious loss to the revenue of the Commonwealth, a State or the Australian Capital Territory; or
 (vii) bribery or corruption of, or by:
 (A) an officer of the Commonwealth; or
 (B) an officer of a State; or
 (C) an officer of a Territory; or

Offences involving planning and organisation
 (3) An offence is also a serious offence if it is an offence punishable by imprisonment for life or for a period, or maximum period, of at least 7 years,