Crimes Act 1900 No 40
Historical version for 1 January 1991 to 16 March 1991 (accessed 19 May 2013 at 13:13) Current version

201   Interfering with a mine

A person who maliciously:
(a)  causes water to run into a mine or any subterranean channel connected to it,
(b)  destroys, damages or obstructs any shaft, passage, pit, airway, waterway or drain of, or associated with, a mine,
(c)  destroys, damages or renders useless any equipment, building, road or bridge belonging to a mine, or
(d)  hinders the working of equipment belonging to a mine,
is liable to penal servitude for 7 years.
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