Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE ACT 2021 - SECT 210

  (1)   A person contravenes this subsection if:

  (a)   the person is a licence holder; and

  (b)   the person is given an improvement notice under subsection   209(2) containing a direction under paragraph   209(4)(d); and

  (c)   the person engages in conduct; and

  (d)   the person's conduct breaches the direction.

Fault - based offence

  (2)   A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection   (1).

Penalty:   300 penalty units.

Civil penalty provision

  (3)   A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection   (1).

Civil penalty:   400 penalty units.

Continuing offences and continuing contraventions of civil penalty provisions

  (4)   The maximum penalty for each day that an offence under subsection   (2) continues is 10% of the maximum penalty that can be imposed in respect of that offence.

Note:   Subsection   (2) is a continuing offence under section   4K of the Crimes Act 1914 .

  (5)   The maximum civil penalty for each day that a contravention of subsection   (3) continues is 10% of the maximum civil penalty that can be imposed in respect of that contravention.

Note:   Subsection   (3) is a continuing civil penalty provision under section   93 of the Regulatory Powers Act.