Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00190:section:19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00190
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 19
Character Range: 44298–45314

19  Contravention of direction under Act etc.
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) a person is subject to a direction under this Act; and
 (b) the person engages in conduct; and
 (c) the person's conduct breaches the direction.
Penalty: 2,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years, or both.
 (4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if it is proved:
 (a) that the breach of the direction resulted from the need to save life at sea; or
 (b) that compliance with the direction was not possible; or
 (c) if the direction requires an act or thing to be done before a particular time—that compliance with the direction was not possible before that time and the direction was complied with as soon as possible after that time.
 (5) A reference in this section to a direction under this Act shall, in the case of a direction that has been varied by a further direction issued under section 15, be construed as a reference to the direction as so varied by that further direction.