Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:8:p193
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 193/268)
Character Range: 852534–855420

7 years.
 (1A) Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (1)(c) element of the offence.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person dishonestly gives information to another person; and
 (b) the information was derived, directly or indirectly, from a document that, to the knowledge of the first‑mentioned person, is false or misleading in a material particular; and
 (c) the first‑mentioned person does so with the intention of:
 (i) obtaining a gain from another person; or
 (ii) causing a loss to another person; and
 (d) the other person is a Commonwealth entity.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.
 (3) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2), it is not necessary to prove that the defendant knew that the other person was a Commonwealth entity.

145.6  Geographical jurisdiction
  Section 15.4 (extended geographical jurisdiction—category D) applies to each offence against this Division.

Part 7.8—Causing harm to or obstructing Commonwealth public officials and impersonating Commonwealth public officials or bodies

Division 146—Preliminary

146.1  Definitions
 (1) In this Part:
Commonwealth frontline worker has the meaning given by subsection (2).
Commonwealth law enforcement officer means a person who is:
 (a) a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police; or
 (aa) the National Anti‑Corruption Commissioner; or
 (ab) another staff member of the NACC (within the meaning of the National Anti‑Corruption Commission Act 2022); or
 (b) a member of the Board of the Australian Crime Commission established under section 7B of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002; or
 (ba) an examiner (within the meaning of that Act); or
 (c) a member of the staff of the ACC (within the meaning of that Act); or
 (d) the Australian Border Force Commissioner (within the meaning of the Australian Border Force Act 2015); or
 (e) a person who is an APS employee in the Department administered by the Minister administering the Australian Border Force Act 2015 and who is in the Australian Border Force (within the meaning of that Act).
fear includes apprehension.
harm means:
 (a) physical harm (whether temporary or permanent); or
 (b) harm to a person's mental health (whether temporary or permanent);
but does not include being subjected to a force or impact that is within the limits of what is reasonably acceptable as incidental to:
 (c) social interaction; or
 (d) life in the community.
harm to a person's mental health includes significant psychological harm to the person, but does not include a reference to ordinary emotional reactions (for example, distress, grief, fear or anger).
physical harm includes:
 (a) unconsciousness; and
 (b) pain; and
 (c) disfigurement; and
 (d) infection with a disease; and
 (e) any physical contact with a person that the person might reasonably object to in the circumstances (whether or not the person