Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 603

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person engages in conduct; and

  (b)   the person's conduct results in:

  (i)   damage to, or interference with, any structure or vessel that is in an offshore area and that is, or is to be, used in exploring for, recovering, processing, storing, preparing for transport, or transporting, petroleum; or

  (ii)   damage to, or interference with, any equipment on, or attached to, such a structure or vessel; or

  (iii)   interference with any operations or activities being carried out, or any works being executed, on, by means of, or in connection with, such a structure or vessel.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 10 years.

  (2)   In this section:

"structure" means any fixed, moveable or floating structure or installation, and includes a petroleum pipeline, petroleum pumping station, petroleum tank station or petroleum valve station.