Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952
13Sabotage
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13 Sabotage
(1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person engages in conduct; and (b) the conduct results in damage to, the destruction of, obstruction of or interference with any of the things listed in subsection (2); and (c) the person intends to bring about that result; and (d) the thing is used or occupied either wholly or in part for the purposes of a special defence undertaking.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) The following are the listed things: (a) a railway, tramway, roadway, wharf, pier or jetty, or a work or structure which is part of or connected with a means of transport by land, water or air; (b) a searchlight, lighthouse, buoy or other navigational aid; (c) a public building, fire station, aerodrome, air station or runway for aircraft; (d) a signal, telegraph, telephone, radar or wireless station or office; (e) a place used for gas, water or electricity works or other works for purposes of a public character.