Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 160

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person carries on petroleum recovery operations; and

  (b)   the operations are carried on in an offshore area.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 5 years.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if the operations are:

  (a)   authorised by a petroleum production licence; or

  (b)   otherwise authorised or required by or under this Act.

Note:   The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (2)--see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .