Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2016 (82 of 2016)
Schedule 3 Control orders and tracking devices
Criminal Code Act 1995
3 At the end of Subdivision G of Division 104 of Part 5.3 of the Criminal Code
Add:
104.27A Offence relating to tracking devices
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) a control order is in force in relation to the person; and
(b) the control order requires the person to wear a tracking device; and
(c) the person engages in conduct; and
(d) the conduct results in interference with, or disruption or loss of, a function of the tracking device.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) A person (the perpetrator ) commits an offence if:
(a) the perpetrator knows that, or is reckless as to whether, a control order is in force in relation to another person; and
(b) the perpetrator knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the control order requires the other person to wear a tracking device; and
(c) the perpetrator engages in conduct; and
(d) the conduct results in interference with, or disruption or loss of, a function of the tracking device.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.