Customs Act 1901

A person commits an offence if:

the person causes an overseas offshore electricity installation to be installed; and

the installation is installed in the Commonwealth offshore area.

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

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.

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.

A person commits an offence if:

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

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

the person fails to comply with any of those conditions.

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:

revoke the permission; or

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

impose new conditions to which the permission is to be subject.

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:

conditions relating to biosecurity risks (within the meaning of the Biosecurity Act 2015); and

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.