Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence against this section if, otherwise than in accordance with a permit, the person carries out an artificial reef placement.
(2) An offence against this section is punishable, on conviction, as follows:
(a) if it is proved that any of the offending material is seriously harmful material--imprisonment for up to 10 years or a fine up to 2,000 penalty units, or both;
(b) if it is proved that any of the offending material is not within Annex 1 to the Protocol--imprisonment for up to 2 years or a fine up to 500 penalty units, or both;
(c) in any other case--imprisonment for up to 1 year or a fine up to 250 penalty units, or both.