Schedule
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The Criminal Code
Section
3
CHAPTER 10
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NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Part 10.6
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Telecommunications Services
History
Pt 10.6 substituted by No 127 of 2004, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 1 March 2005. Pt 10.6 formerly read:
Part 10.6
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Telecommunications
Division 473
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Preliminary
Definitions
473.1
In this Part:
loss
means a loss in property, whether temporary or permanent, and includes not getting what one might get.
obtaining
includes:
(a)
obtaining for another person; and
(b)
inducing a third person to do something that results in another person obtaining.
property
has the same meaning as in Chapter
7
.
carriage service
has the same meaning as in the
Telecommunications Act 1997
.
carriage service provider
has the same meaning as in the
Telecommunications Act 1997
.
Dishonesty
473.2
For the purposes of this Part,
dishonest
means:
(a)
dishonest according to the standards of ordinary people; and
(b)
known by the defendant to be dishonest according to the standards of ordinary people.
Determination of dishonesty to be a matter for the trier of fact
473.3
In a prosecution for an offence against this Part, the determination of dishonesty is a matter for the trier of fact.
Division 474
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Telecommunications offences
General dishonesty with respect to a carriage service provider
Obtaining a gain
(1)
A person is guilty of an offence if the person does anything with the intention of dishonestly obtaining a gain from a carriage service provider by way of the supply of a carriage service.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
Causing a loss
(2)
A person is guilty of an offence if the person does anything with the intention of dishonestly causing a loss to a carriage service provider in connection with the supply of a carriage service.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
(3)
A person is guilty of an offence if:
(a)
the person dishonestly causes a loss, or dishonestly causes a risk of loss, to a carriage service provider in connection with the supply of a carriage service; and
(b)
the person knows or believes that the loss will occur or that there is a substantial risk of the loss occurring.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
Division 475
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Miscellaneous
Saving of other laws
475.1
This Part is not intended to exclude or limit the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth or any law of a State or Territory.
Division 474
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Telecommunications offences
History
Div 474 substituted by No 127 of 2004, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 1 March 2005. For former wording of Div 474 see note under Pt
10.6
heading.
Subdivision HB
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Offences relating to use of carriage service for firearms and explosives manufacture material
History
Subdiv HB inserted by No 1 of 2026, s 3 and Sch 2 item 212, effective 18 February 2026. No 1 of 2026, s 3 and Sch 2 item 215 contains the following transitional provision:
215 Transitional provision
215
For the purposes of paragraph
474.45H(1)(c)
of the
Criminal Code
, it does not matter whether the person obtained or accessed the material before, on or after the commencement of this item.
SECTION 474.45G
Using a carriage service for firearms and explosives manufacture material
(1)
A person (the
first person
) commits an offence if:
(a)
the first person:
(i)
accesses material; or
(ii)
causes material, or an electronic link that can be used to access material, to be transmitted to the first person or another person; or
(iii)
transmits, makes available, publishes, distributes, advertises, or promotes, material or an electronic link that can be used to access material; or
(iv)
solicits material or an electronic link that can be used to access material; and
(b)
the first person does so using a carriage service; and
(c)
the material is firearms and explosives manufacture material.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
(2)
To avoid doubt, the following are the fault elements for the physical elements of an offence against subsection
(1)
:
(a)
intention is the fault element for the conduct referred to in paragraph
(1)(a)
;
(b)
recklessness is the fault element for the circumstance referred to in paragraph
(1)(c)
.
(3)
Absolute liability applies to paragraph
(1)(b)
.
History
S 474.45G inserted by No 1 of 2026, s 3 and Sch 2 item 212, effective 18 February 2026. For transitional provision, see note under Subdiv
HB
heading.