Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) An act is a "terrorist act" if—
(a) it does any of the following:
(i) causes serious harm that is physical harm to a person;
(ii) causes serious damage to property;
(iii) causes a person's death;
(iv) endangers the life of someone other than the person doing the act;
(v) creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public;
(vi) seriously interferes with, seriously disrupts, or destroys, an electronic system; and
(b) it is done with the intention of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause; and
(c) it is done with the intention of—
(i) coercing, or influencing by intimidation, the government of the Territory, the Commonwealth, a State, another Territory or a foreign country, or of part of a State, another Territory or foreign country; or
(ii) intimidating the public.
(2) However, an act is not a terrorist act if—
(a) it is advocacy, protest, dissent or industrial action; and
(b) it is not intended to do any of the following:
(i) cause serious harm that is physical harm to a person;
(ii) cause a person's death;
(iii) endanger the life of someone other than the person doing the act;
(iv) create a serious risk to the health or safety of the public.
(3) A reference in this section to a person or property is a reference to a person or property wherever situated, whether in or outside the ACT (including outside Australia).
(4) In this section:
"electronic system" includes any of the following electronic systems:
(a) an information system;
(b) a telecommunications system;
(c) a financial system;
(d) a system used for the delivery of essential government services;
(e) a system used for, or by, an essential public utility;
(f) a system used for, or by, a transport system.
"public" includes the public (or any section of the public) of a State, another Territory or a foreign country.