Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:284
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 284
Character Range: 673263–675097

284  Notification of discovery of petroleum in petroleum exploration permit area, petroleum retention lease area or petroleum production licence area

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.