Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:249
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 249
Character Range: 596244–598180

249  Reporting obligations of holders of petroleum access authorities
 (1) If:
 (a) at any time during a particular month, a petroleum access authority is in force in relation to an area that consists of, or includes, a block that is the subject of a petroleum exploration permit, petroleum retention lease or petroleum production licence; and
 (b) the registered holder of the petroleum access authority is not the registered holder of the permit, lease or licence;
the registered holder of the petroleum access authority must, within 30 days after the end of that month, give the registered holder of the permit, lease or licence:
 (c) a written report about the operations carried on in that block during that month; and
 (d) a written summary of the facts ascertained from those operations.

Offence
 (2) A person commits an offence of strict liability if:
 (a) the person is subject to a requirement under subsection (1); and
 (b) the person omits to do an act; and
 (c) the omission breaches the requirement.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

Civil penalty
 (4) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes a requirement under subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 90 penalty units.

Continuing offences and continuing contraventions of civil penalty provisions
 (5) The maximum penalty for each day that an offence under subsection (2) continues is 10% of the maximum penalty that can be imposed in respect of that offence.
Note: Subsection (2) is a continuing offence under section 4K of the Crimes Act 1914.
 (6) The maximum civil penalty for each day that a contravention of subsection (4) continues is 10% of the maximum civil penalty that can be imposed in respect of that contravention.
Note: Subsection (4) is a continuing civil penalty provision under section 93 of the Regulatory Powers Act.

Division 5—Revocation of petroleum access authorities