Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person who is given a direction under section 246 must comply with the direction or ensure that the direction is complied with .
(2 ) Subsection ( 1) does not apply if non - compliance with the direction is necessary to save a person ' s life at sea or is due to an emergency involving a threat to a person ' s life.
(3 ) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection ( 1).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 600 penalty units, or both.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection ( 2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).
Civil penalty
(4 ) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection ( 1).
Civil penalty: 6 , 000 penalty units.
(5 ) A person who wishes to rely on subsection ( 2) in proceedings for a civil penalty order bears an evide ntial burden in relation to the matter in that subsection .