Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 284

Scope

  (1)   This section applies if petroleum is discovered in a petroleum exploration permit area, a petroleum retention lease area or a petroleum production licence area.

Notification

  (2)   The permittee, lessee or licensee must inform the Titles Administrator of the discovery before the end of the 30 - day period that began on the day of completion of the well that resulted in the discovery.

  (4)   Subsection   (2) does not apply if the petroleum is discovered by:

  (a)   a greenhouse gas assessment permittee; or

  (b)   a greenhouse gas holding lessee; or

  (c)   a greenhouse gas injection licensee.

Offence

  (5)   A person commits an offence of strict liability if:

  (a)   the person is subject to a requirement under subsection   (2); and

  (b)   the person omits to do an act; and

  (c)   the omission breaches the requirement.

Penalty:   100 penalty units.

Note:   For strict liability, see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .

Civil penalty

  (7)   A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes a requirement under subsection   (2).

Civil penalty:   150 penalty units.

Continuing offences and continuing contraventions of civil penalty provisions

  (8)   The maximum penalty for each day that an offence under subsection   (5) continues is 10% of the maximum penalty that can be imposed in respect of that offence.

Note:   Subsection   (5) is a continuing offence under section   4K of the Crimes Act 1914 .

  (9)   The maximum civil penalty for each day that a contravention of subsection   (7) continues is 10% of the maximum civil penalty that can be imposed in respect of that contravention.

Note:   Subsection   (7) is a continuing civil penalty provision under section   93 of the Regulatory Powers Act.