Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:2:p56
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 56/169)
Character Range: 1329731–1332589

used in the course of trade or commerce, for the carriage of passengers.

376.5  False identification information—extended jurisdiction (Category D)
  Section 15.4 of the Criminal Code (extended geographical jurisdiction—category D) applies to the offences in sections 376.3 and 376.4.

Part 9.6—Contamination of goods

380.1  Definitions
 (1) In this Part:
constitutional trade and commerce means trade and commerce:
 (a) with other countries; or
 (b) among the States; or
 (c) between a State and a Territory; or
 (d) between 2 Territories.
contaminate goods includes:
 (a) interfere with the goods; or
 (b) make it appear that the goods have been contaminated or interfered with.
goods includes any substance:
 (a) whether or not for human consumption; and
 (b) whether natural or manufactured; and
 (c) whether or not incorporated or mixed with other goods.
 (2) A reference in this Part to economic loss caused through public awareness of the contamination of goods includes a reference to economic loss caused through:
 (a) members of the public not purchasing or using those goods or similar things; or
 (b) steps taken to avoid public alarm or anxiety or to avoid harm to members of the public.

380.2  Contaminating goods

Offences based on implied nationhood power
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person contaminates goods; and
 (b) the person does so with intent:
 (i) to cause public alarm or anxiety in Australia; or
 (ii) to cause widespread, or nationally significant, economic loss in Australia through public awareness of the contamination, or possible contamination, of the goods; or
 (iii) to cause harm to, or create a risk of harm to, public health in Australia.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years.
 (1A) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person contaminates goods; and
 (b) the person does so reckless as to:
 (i) causing public alarm or anxiety in Australia; or
 (ii) causing widespread, or nationally significant, economic loss in Australia through public awareness of the contamination, or possible contamination, of the goods; or
 (iii) causing harm to, or creating a risk of harm to, public health in Australia.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

Offences based on other constitutional powers
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person contaminates goods; and
 (b) the person does so with intent to cause:
 (i) public alarm or anxiety; or
 (ii) economic loss through public awareness of the contamination, or possible contamination, of the goods; and
 (c) any of the following subparagraphs applies:
 (i) the loss is a loss to a constitutional corporation (other than a foreign corporation within the meaning of paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution);
 (ii) the loss is a loss to a constitutional corporation that is a foreign corporation within the meaning of paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution