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Crimes Act 1900
140AActing with intent to cause public alarm
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140A Acting with intent to cause public alarm
A person must not, with the intention of causing public alarm or
anxiety—
(a) do something that could endanger someone else’s life or health;
or
(b) do something that, in the circumstances in which it is done, a
reasonable person would suspect could endanger someone else’s
life or health (whether or not it could do so).