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).]