Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019A00092:clause:1_6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2019A00092
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 6
Character Range: 36905–39110

6      Greenhouse gas special authority                                                  (a) the authority has been revoked;
                                                                                         (b) the authority has been surrendered;
                                                                                         (c) the authority has expired.

Direction
 (2) NOPSEMA may, by written notice given to the person who was, or is, as the case may be, the registered holder of the permit, lease, licence or authority, direct the person to do any or all of the following things within the period specified in the notice:
 (a) to:
 (i) remove, or cause to be removed, from the vacated area all property brought into that area by any person engaged or concerned in the operations authorised by the permit, lease, licence or authority; or
 (ii) make arrangements that are satisfactory to NOPSEMA in relation to that property;
 (b) to plug or close off, to the satisfaction of NOPSEMA, all wells made in the vacated area by any person engaged or concerned in those operations;
 (c) to provide, to the satisfaction of NOPSEMA, for the conservation and protection of the natural resources in the vacated area;
 (d) to make good, to the satisfaction of NOPSEMA, any damage to the seabed or subsoil in the vacated area caused by any person engaged or concerned in those operations.
 (3) The period specified in the notice must be reasonable.
 (4) Paragraph (2)(c) has effect subject to:
 (a) Chapter 3; and
 (b) this Chapter; and
 (c) the regulations.
 (5) In attaining a state of satisfaction for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), NOPSEMA must have regard to the principle that plugging or closing off wells should be carried out in a way that minimises damage to the petroleum‑bearing qualities of geological formations.

Offence
 (6) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is subject to a direction under subsection (2); and
 (b) the person omits to do an act; and
 (c) the omission breaches the direction.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
 (7) An offence against subsection (6) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.