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Act index » Part I - Offences » Division 4 - Contamination of goods
250 Threatening to contaminate goods with intent to cause, or being reckless as to whether it would cause, public alarm or economic loss
(1)A person must not make a threat that goods will be contaminated with the intention of causing, or being reckless as to whether or not the threat would cause— Penalty: Level 5 imprisonment (10 years maximum) or a level 5 fine (1200 penalty units maximum) or both.
(b)economic loss through public awareness of the threat.
S. 250(1)(b) amended by No. 66/2005 s. 4(2)(a)(b).
(2)For the purposes of this section, a threat may be made by any conduct, and may be explicit or implicit and conditional or unconditional.
Division 2B of Part 4 of the Sentencing Act 1991 provides for the making of cost recovery orders in respect of costs incurred by emergency service agencies in providing an immediate response to an emergency arising out of the commission of an offence against this section.