Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 420

  (1)   If:

  (a)   at any time during a particular month, a greenhouse gas special authority is in force in relation to an area that consists of, or includes, a block that is the subject of:

  (i)   a greenhouse gas assessment permit; or

  (ii)   a greenhouse gas holding lease; or

  (iii)   a greenhouse gas injection licence; and

  (b)   the registered holder of the greenhouse gas special authority is not the registered holder of the permit, lease or licence;

the registered holder of the greenhouse gas special authority must, within 30 days after the end of that month, give the registered holder of the permit, lease or licence:

  (c)   a written report about the operations carried on in that block during that month; and

  (d)   a written summary of the facts ascertained from those operations.

  (2)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is subject to a requirement under subsection   (1); and

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

  (c)   the omission breaches the requirement.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

  (3)   An offence against subsection   (2) is an offence of strict liability.

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