Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsA person contravenes this section if:
(a) the person carries out activities in an offshore area under a licence or special purpose consent granted under this Act; and
(b) those activities interfere with:
(i) navigation; or
(ii) the exercise of native title rights and interests; or
(iii) fishing; or
(iv) the conservation of the resources of the sea or the seabed; or
(v) any activities that someone else is lawfully carrying out; and
(c) the interference is greater than is necessary for:
(i) the reasonable exercise of the person's rights under the licence or consent; or
(ii) the performance of the person's duties under the licence or consent.
Note 1: The person referred to here might be the licence or consent holder or might be an associated person.
Note 2: See section 4D of the Crimes Act 1914 .
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
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