Persons must comply with direction
148 Persons must comply with direction
A person who is given a direction under section 147 must comply with the direction.
Subsection (1) does not apply if:
the failure to comply with the direction resulted from the need to save life at sea or was due to an emergency involving a threat to a person’s life; or
compliance with the direction was not possible.
Fault‑based offence
A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 600 penalty units, or both.
A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
Civil penalty
A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 6,000 penalty units.
A person who wishes to rely on subsection (2) in proceedings for a civil penalty order bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in that subsection.
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