651Meaning of criminal group—ch 6A

651 Meaning of criminal group—ch 6A criminal group means a group of 3 or more people who have either or both of the following objectives: (a) to obtain a material benefit from conduct engaged in in or outside the ACT (including outside Australia) that, if it occurred in the ACT, would constitute an indictable offence under a territory law; (b) to commit serious violence offences (whether in or outside the ACT). (2) A group of people can be a criminal group whether or not— (a) any of them are subordinates or employees of others; or (b) only some of the people involved in the group are involved in planning, organising or carrying out a particular activity; or (c) its membership changes from time to time. serious violence offence—an offence is a serious violence offence if— (a) it is punishable by imprisonment for a term of 5 years or more; and

Participation in criminal groups Chapter 6A (b) the conduct constituting the offence involves any of the (i) loss of a person’s life or serious risk of loss of a person’s life; (ii) serious injury to a person or serious risk of serious injury to a person; (iii) serious damage to property in circumstances endangering the safety of any person.