Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 514

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person produces or tenders in evidence a document; and

  (b)   the document falsely purports to be:

  (i)   a copy of or extract from an entry in a Register; or

  (ii)   a copy of or extract from an instrument given to the Titles Administrator under this Chapter.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

Note:   The same conduct may be an offence against both this section and section   137.2 of the Criminal Code .

  (2)   An offence against subsection   (1) is an offence of strict liability.

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