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(1) A person who without authorization, receives, transfers alters or disposes of a radioactive material or device or a nuclear material or device

(a) with the intent to cause

(i) death or bodily injury to a person, or

(ii) substantial damage to property or the environment, or

(b) which causes or is likely to cause

(i) death or bodily injury to a person, or

(ii) substantial damage to property or the environment, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than ten thousand penalty units and not more than twenty-five thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not less than twenty years and not more than fifty year or to both the fine and the imprisonment.

(2) A person commits an offence if the person

(a) steals a radioactive or nuclear material, or

(b) smuggles or fraudulently obtains a radioactive material or nuclear material; and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than five thousand penalty units and not more than seven thousand five hundred penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not less than ten years and not more than fifteen years or to both the fine and the imprisonment.

(3) A person who demands a radioactive material or device or nuclear material or device from another person,

(a) by use of threat,

(b) by use of force, or

(c) by any other form of intimidation under circumstances which indicate the imminence of the threat commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than five thousand penalty units and not more than seven thousand five hundred penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not less than ten years and not more than fifteen years or to both the fine and the imprisonment.