Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person causes an overseas offshore electricity installation to be installed; and
(b) the installation is installed in the Commonwealth offshore area.
(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 cause an overseas offshore electricity installation to be installed in the Commonwealth offshore area.
(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.
(6) If the Comptroller - General of Customs has granted a person permission under subsection (4), the Comptroller - General of Customs may, at any time before the installation is installed, by notice in writing given to the person:
(a) 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.
(7) Without limiting the generality of subsection (4), conditions to which a permission given under that subsection in relation to an offshore electricity installation may be subject include:
(a) conditions relating to biosecurity risks (within the meaning of the Biosecurity Act 2015 ); and
(b) conditions requiring the owner of the installation, to bring the installation to a place specified by the Comptroller - General of Customs for examination for purposes relating to biosecurity risks (within the meaning of the Biosecurity Act 2015 ) before the installation is installed in the Commonwealth offshore area.