Electrical Safety Act 2022
85Interference with electricity infrastructure
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85 Interference with electricity infrastructure (a) the person intentionally interferes with electricity infrastructure, including: (i) attaching electrical equipment or another thing to an electricity network; or (ii) disconnecting or interfering with a supply of electricity from an electricity network; and
Electrical Safety Act 2022 54 (b) the person does not have authority from the electricity entity, the owner of the infrastructure, the distributor or the Electrical Safety Regulator to engage in that conduct and is reckless in relation to that circumstance. (a) the person intentionally engages in any of the following conduct: (i) being in an enclosure where electricity infrastructure of an electricity entity is situated; (ii) climbing on poles or other structures that are part of the electricity infrastructure of an electricity entity; and (b) the person does not have authority from the electricity entity, the distributor or the Electrical Safety Regulator to engage in that conduct and is reckless in relation to that circumstance. (3) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally discharges, throws or projects an object towards the electricity infrastructure of an electricity entity or an electrical installation.