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OFFSHORE ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE ACT 2021 - SECT 270

Complying with information - gathering notice

  (1)   A person contravenes this subsection if:

  (a)   the person is given a notice under subsection   269(1) containing a requirement under subsection   269(2); and

  (b)   the person engages in conduct; and

  (c)   the person's conduct breaches the requirement.

Fault - based offence

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

Penalty:   100 penalty units.

Civil penalty

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

Civil penalty:   150 penalty units.

Continuing offences and continuing contraventions of civil penalty provisions

  (4)   If a person commits an offence against subsection   (1) by contravening a requirement mentioned in paragraph   269(2)(a), (b) or (c), the maximum penalty for each day on which the offence continues is 10% of the maximum penalty that can be imposed in respect of that offence.

Note:   An offence against subsection   (1) involving a contravention of a requirement mentioned in paragraph   269(2)(a), (b) or (c) is a continuing offence under section   4K of the Crimes Act 1914 .

  (5)   If a person contravenes subsection   (2) by contravening a requirement mentioned in paragraph   269(2)(a), (b) or (c), the maximum civil penalty for each day that the contravention continues is 10% of the maximum civil penalty that can be imposed in respect of that contravention.

Note:   Subsection   (2) as it relates to a contravention of a requirement mentioned in paragraph   269(2)(a), (b) or (c) is a continuing civil penalty provision under section   93 of the Regulatory Powers Act.



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