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PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 121

PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 121

121 .         Continuing offences

        (1)         Where an offence is committed by a person by reason of his failure to comply, within the period specified in a direction given to him under this Act, with the requirements specified in the direction, the offence, for purposes of subsection (3), shall be deemed to continue so long as any requirement specified in the direction remains undone, notwithstanding that the period has elapsed.

        (2)         Where an offence is committed by a person by reason of his failure to comply with a requirement made by this Act, the offence, for the purposes of subsection (3), shall be deemed to continue so long as that failure continues, notwithstanding that any period within which the requirement was to be complied with has elapsed.

        (3)         Where, under either subsection (1) or (2), an offence is to be deemed to continue, the person who committed the offence commits an additional offence against this Act on each day during which the offence is to be deemed to continue and is liable, upon conviction for such an additional offence, to a fine not exceeding $10 000.

        [Section 121 amended: No. 12 of 1990 s. 98; No. 13 of 2005 s. 16(1).]