Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OFF-SHORE INSTALLATIONS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT 1982 No. 51, 1982 - SECT 5

5. After section 5 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in
Part II: Attachment of overseas installations

''5A. (1) A person shall not, without the permission of the Comptroller given
under sub-section (2), cause an overseas installation to be attached to the
Australian seabed.

Penalty: $50,000.

''(2) The Comptroller may, by notice in writing given to a person who has
applied for permission to cause an overseas installation to be attached to the
Australian seabed, give the person permission, subject to such conditions (if
any) as are specified in the notice, to cause that installation to be so
attached.

''(3) A person who has been given permission under sub-section (2) shall not
refuse or fail to comply with any condition (including a condition imposed or
varied under sub-section (4)), to which that permission is subject.

Penalty: $10,000.

''(4) Where the Comptroller has, under sub-section (2), given a person
permission to cause an overseas installation to be attached to the Australian
seabed, the Comptroller may, at any time before that installation is so
attached, by notice in writing served on the person-

   (a)  revoke the permission;

   (b)  revoke or vary a condition to which the permission is subject; or

   (c)  impose new conditions to which the permission is to be subject.



''(5) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (2), conditions to which
a permission given under that sub-section may be subject include-

   (a)  conditions relating to matters of quarantine; and

   (b)  conditions requiring the master of an installation to bring the
        installation to a place specified by the Comptroller for examination
        for quarantine purposes before the installation is attached to the
        Australian seabed.''.