•   NOPSEMA or the responsible Commonwealth Minister may give a direction to a petroleum titleholder. A direction may extend to other persons.

•   If there is a significant offshore petroleum incident in a petroleum title area, NOPSEMA may give a specific direction to the titleholder to deal with the escape of petroleum resulting from the incident, whether within or outside the title area.

•   If there is a breach of a direction given by the Joint Authority or NOPSEMA under Chapter   2, this Chapter or the regulations, NOPSEMA may do anything required by the direction to be done, and NOPSEMA's costs may be recovered from the person to whom the direction was given.

•   If there is a breach of a direction given by the responsible Commonwealth Minister under this Part, the responsible Commonwealth Minister may do anything required by the direction to be done, and the responsible Commonwealth Minister's costs may be recovered from the person to whom the direction was given.

•   In a prosecution for an offence, or a proceeding for a civil penalty order, relating to a breach of:

  (a)   a direction given by the Joint Authority or NOPSEMA under Chapter   2, this Chapter or the regulations; or

  (b)   a direction given by the responsible Commonwealth Minister under this Part;

  it is a defence if the defendant proves that the defendant took all reasonable steps to comply with the direction.