Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00094:section:247
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00094
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 247
Character Range: 230658–231642

247  Persons must comply with directions
 (1) A person who is given a direction under section 246 must comply with the direction or ensure that the direction is complied with.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if non‑compliance with the direction is necessary to save a person's life at sea or is due to an emergency involving a threat to a person's life.

Fault‑based offence
 (3) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 600 penalty units, or both.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).

Civil penalty
 (4) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 6,000 penalty units.
 (5) A person who wishes to rely on subsection (2) in proceedings for a civil penalty order bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in that subsection.

Part 3—Detention powers