Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE (RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 2.06

  (1)   A greenhouse gas titleholder commits an offence if:

  (a)   the titleholder has notified the responsible Commonwealth Minister of a discovery of petroleum in accordance with section   452 of the Act; and

  (b)   the titleholder does not give the Minister, within 60 days after completion of the well that resulted in the discovery, a report that includes the information mentioned in subregulation   (3).

Penalty:   60 penalty units.

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

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

  (3)   For subregulation   (1), the information that the report must include is:

  (a)   the location of the petroleum discovery in the title area; and

  (b)   if any production tests have been conducted on the discovered petroleum--the results of the tests.