Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017
9Convicted NSW underlying terrorism offender
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9 Convicted NSW underlying terrorism offender
9 Convicted NSW underlying terrorism offender
(1) In this Act, an eligible offender is a convicted NSW underlying terrorism offender if—
(a) the offender is serving (or is continuing to be supervised or detained under this Act after serving) a sentence of imprisonment for a NSW indictable offence (the offender’s offence), and
(b) the offender’s offence is a serious offence, and
(c) the offender’s offence occurred in a terrorism context.
(2) Each of the following kinds of offences (however described) is a serious offence—
(a) an offence against the Firearms Act 1996,
(b) an offence against the Weapons Prohibition Act 1998,
(c) an offence that caused the death of, or grievous bodily harm or other serious physical harm to, a person,
(d) an offence that caused serious damage to property,
(e) an offence that endangered a person’s life (other than the life of the offender),
(f) an offence that caused a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public,
(g) an offence that seriously interfered with, or seriously disrupted, or destroyed, an electronic system including, but not limited to, any of the following—
(i) an information system,
(ii) a telecommunications system,
(iii) a financial system,
(iv) a system used for the delivery of essential government services,
(v) a system used for, or by, an essential public utility,
(vi) a system used for, or by, a transport system,
(h) an offence of attempting, assisting, aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring, soliciting, being an accessory to, encouraging, inciting or conspiring to commit any of the kinds of offences mentioned in paragraphs (a)–(g).