consult any person on, the Commissioner’s intention to issue a security directive under subsection (2).
Compliance with security directives and notices under this Part
56.—(1) Any person who is issued a security directive under this Part must comply with every direction in that security directive.
(2) Any person who is issued a notice under section 54(5) must comply with that notice.
(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1)—
- (a) in the case of a security directive under section 55, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $2,500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction; and
- (b) in the case of any other security directive under this Part, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $2,500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(4) Any person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $2,500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(5) In this section—
- (a) a reference to the authority of a protected area or a protected place who is issued a security directive includes a reference to a person who becomes the authority of that protected area or that protected place after that security directive is issued;
