Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00946:clause:2_4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00946
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 4 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 5278–7793

4  The Schedule (after section 471.10 of the Criminal Code)
Insert:

471.11  Using a postal or similar service to make a threat

Threat to kill

 (1) A person (the first person) is guilty of an offence if:
 (a) the first person uses a postal or similar service to make to another person (the second person) a threat to kill the second person or a third person; and
 (b) the first person intends the second person to fear that the threat will be carried out.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

Threat to cause serious harm

 (2) A person (the first person) is guilty of an offence if:
 (a) the first person uses a postal or similar service to make to another person (the second person) a threat to cause serious harm to the second person or a third person; and
 (b) the first person intends the second person to fear that the threat will be carried out.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.

Threats

 (3) For the purposes of this section, a threat may be:
 (a) express or implied; or
 (b) conditional or unconditional.

Threat to cause serious harm

 (4) A reference in this section to a threat to cause serious harm to a person includes a reference to a threat to substantially contribute to serious harm to the person.

Definition

 (5) In this section:

fear includes apprehension.

471.12  Using a postal or similar service to menace, harass or cause offence

  A person is guilty of an offence if:
 (a) the person uses a postal or similar service; and
 (b) the person does so in such a way as would be regarded by reasonable persons as being, in all the circumstances, menacing, harassing or offensive.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

471.13  Causing a dangerous article to be carried by a postal or similar service

Offence

 (1) A person (the first person) is guilty of an offence if:
 (a) the first person causes an article to be carried by a postal or similar service; and
 (b) the person does so in a way that gives rise to a danger of death or serious harm to another person; and
 (c) the first person is reckless as to the danger of death or serious harm.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

Danger of death or serious harm

 (2) For the purposes of this section, if a person's conduct exposes another person to the risk of catching a disease that may give rise to a danger of death or serious harm to the other person, the conduct is taken to give rise to a danger of death or serious harm to the other person.

 (3) For the purposes of this section, a person's conduct gives rise to