Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:356
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 356
Character Range: 982589–983408

356  Prohibition of unauthorised injection and storage of substances in offshore area
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person carries on operations to inject a substance into the seabed or subsoil of an offshore area; or
 (b) the person carries on operations to store (whether on a permanent basis or otherwise) a substance in the seabed or subsoil of an offshore area.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the operations are:
 (a) authorised by a greenhouse gas injection licence; or
 (b) otherwise authorised or required by or under:
 (i) this Act; or
 (ii) any other law of the Commonwealth; or
 (c) specified in the regulations.
Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2)—see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.