Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 33BA

  (1)   A person commits an offence of strict liability if:

  (a)   the persons uses an Australian offshore electricity installation; and

  (b)   the Australian offshore electricity installation is subject to customs control.

Penalty:   500 penalty units.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if the person has permission in force under subsection   (4).

  (3)   A person may apply to the Comptroller - General of Customs for permission to engage in specified activities in relation to the use of an Australian offshore electricity installation that is subject to customs control.

  (4)   The Comptroller - General of Customs may, by notice in writing given to the applicant, grant the permission, subject to such conditions (if any) as are specified in the notice.

  (5)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person has permission in force under subsection   (4); and

  (b)   the permission is subject to one or more conditions (including a condition imposed or varied under subsection   (6)); and

  (c)   the person fails to comply with any of those conditions.

Penalty:   100 penalty units.

  (6)   If the Comptroller - General of Customs has, under subsection   (4), granted a person permission to engage in any activities in relation to an Australian offshore electricity installation, the Comptroller - General of Customs may, while that installation remains subject to customs control, by notice in writing served on the person:

  (a)   suspend or revoke the permission; or

  (b)   revoke or vary a condition to which the permission is subject; or

  (c)   impose new conditions to which the permission is to be subject.