Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION (SAFEGUARDS) ACT 1987 - SECT 26A

             (1)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person communicates information to someone else; and

                     (b)  the person knows that the communication could prejudice the physical security of nuclear material, or an associated item, to which Part II applies.

Penalty:  Imprisonment for 8 years.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply if the communication is authorised by a person who has been granted a permit to possess the nuclear material or associated item.

Note:          A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).

             (3)  Section 15.2 of the Criminal Code (extended geographical jurisdiction--category B) applies to an offence against subsection (1) of this section.