Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 582

Offence

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is subject to a direction under section   579A or   580; and

  (b)   the person engages in conduct; and

  (c)   the person's conduct breaches the direction.

Penalty:   100 penalty units.

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

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

Defence

  (3)   If:

  (a)   a direction under section   579A or   580 applies to:

  (i)   a registered holder; and

  (ii)   another person; and

  (b)   the other person is prosecuted for an offence against subsection   (1) in relation to a breach of the direction; and

  (c)   the other person adduces evidence that the other person did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, of the existence of the direction;

the other person is not to be convicted of the offence unless the prosecution proves that the other person knew, or could reasonably be expected to have known, of the existence of the direction.