Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 249

  (1)   If:

  (a)   at any time during a particular month, a petroleum access authority is in force in relation to an area that consists of, or includes, a block that is the subject of a petroleum exploration permit, petroleum retention lease or petroleum production licence; and

  (b)   the registered holder of the petroleum access authority is not the registered holder of the permit, lease or licence;

the registered holder of the petroleum access authority must, within 30 days after the end of that month, give the registered holder of the permit, lease or licence:

  (c)   a written report about the operations carried on in that block during that month; and

  (d)   a written summary of the facts ascertained from those operations.

Offence

  (2)   A person commits an offence of strict liability if:

  (a)   the person is subject to a requirement under subsection   (1); and

  (b)   the person omits to do an act; and

  (c)   the omission breaches the requirement.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

Note:   For strict liability, see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .

Civil penalty

  (4)   A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes a requirement under subsection   (1).

Civil penalty:   90 penalty units.

Continuing offences and continuing contraventions of civil penalty provisions

  (5)   The maximum penalty for each day that an offence under subsection   (2) continues is 10% of the maximum penalty that can be imposed in respect of that offence.

Note:   Subsection   (2) is a continuing offence under section   4K of the Crimes Act 1914 .

  (6)   The maximum civil penalty for each day that a contravention of subsection   (4) continues is 10% of the maximum civil penalty that can be imposed in respect of that contravention.

Note:   Subsection   (4) is a continuing civil penalty provision under section   93 of the Regulatory Powers Act.