Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(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 greenhouse gas operations in an offshore area; 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.
"greenhouse gas operations" means:
(a) operations relating to exploration for a potential greenhouse gas formation or a potential greenhouse gas injection site; or
(b) operations relating to the injection of a greenhouse gas substance into the seabed or subsoil; or
(c) operations relating to the storage of a greenhouse gas substance in the seabed or subsoil; or
(d) operations relating to the processing, compression or pre - injection storage of a greenhouse gas substance; or
(e) operations relating to the preparation of a greenhouse gas substance for transport.
"structure" means any fixed, moveable or floating structure or installation,
and includes a greenhouse gas pipeline, greenhouse gas pumping station,
greenhouse gas tank station or greenhouse gas valve station.