Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010
631Compliance with directions
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631 Compliance with directions
(1) A person who is given a direction under section 629 must not without reasonable excuse contravene the direction.
(a) a direction under section 629 applies to—
(b) the other person is prosecuted for an offence against subsection (1) in relation to noncompliance with the direction; and
(c) the other person adduces evidence that the other person did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, of the existence of the direction—
the other person is not to be convicted of the offence unless the prosecution proves that the other person knew, or could reasonably be expected to have known, of the existence of the direction.
Division 3—Minister may take action if there is noncompliance with a direction