Queensland Numbered Acts

GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2009 No. 3 - SECT 465

(1) Section 430(2), penalty--

omit, insert--

'Maximum penalty--

(a) if the authority is a level 1 authority--2000 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or

(b) if the authority is a level 2 authority--300 penalty units.'.

(2) Section 430(3), penalty--

omit, insert--

'Maximum penalty--

(a) if the authority is a level 1 authority--1665 penalty units; or

(b) if the authority is a level 2 authority--250 penalty units.'.

(3) Section 430--

insert--

'(5) In this section--

level 1 authority means--

(a) an environmental authority (mining activities) for a level 1 mining project; or

(b) an environmental authority (chapter 5A activities) for a level 1 chapter 5A activity.

level 2 authority means--

(a) an environmental authority (mining activities) for a level 2 mining project; or

(b) an environmental authority (chapter 5A activities) for a level 2 chapter 5A activity.'.