Western Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 2) 2009 (NO. 44 OF 2009) - SECT 4

4 .         Section 74B inserted

                At the end of Chapter IX insert:

74B.         Causing fear or alarm to people in conveyances and others

        (1)         In this section —

        drive a conveyance, includes to pilot an aircraft and to navigate a vessel.

        (2)         A person who, without lawful excuse —

            (a)         causes an object or substance to be directed at or near, or to be placed in or near the path of, a conveyance that a person is driving; or

            (b)         uses a portable device to direct a visible laser or other narrow beam of visible light at or near a conveyance that a person is driving,

                in circumstances that are likely to cause fear or alarm to any person commits a crime and is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.

        Summary conviction penalty: imprisonment for 3 years and a fine of $36 000.