Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person (the first person ) contravenes this subsection if:
(a) the first person is a licence holder; and
(b) another person carries out activities in the Commonwealth offshore area on behalf of the licence holder, or under an arrangement with the licence holder; and
(c) those activities interfere with:
(i) navigation; or
(ii) the exercise of native title rights and interests (within the meaning of the Native Title Act 1993 ); or
(iii) fishing; or
(iv) the conservation of the resources of the sea or the seabed; or
(v) any activities being carried on by another person in accordance with the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 ; or
(vi) any other activities that someone else is lawfully carrying out; and
(d) the interference is greater than is necessary for:
(i) the reasonable exercise of the first person's rights under this Act or the licence; or
(ii) the performance of the first person's obligations under this Act or the licence.
Strict liability offence
(2) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty
(3) A person is liable for a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 265 penalty units.