Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The demerit points system may provide that the approval of an offshore security plan of an offshore industry participant may be cancelled if the offshore industry participant accrues a prescribed number of demerit points.
Note: Section 100R deals with the cancellation of the approval of offshore security plans under the demerit points system.
(2) Demerit points must only be accrued if the offshore industry participant:
(a) is convicted or found guilty of an offence against this Act; or
(b) under a scheme established under regulations made under section 187, pays a penalty to the Commonwealth as an alternative to prosecution.
(3) Without limiting the scheme that may be established under section 198, the scheme may provide that different provisions apply to different kinds of offshore industry participants or to different classes of participants within a kind of offshore industry participant.