A sole director who causes transfers and disbursements of company funds personally 'applies' that property within s 408C(1)(a)(i) of the Criminal Code (Qld), even though the funds are held in company accounts. The separate legal personality of the company does not preclude a finding that the individual applied the property, because unlike 'obtains' in s 408C(1)(b), 'applies' does not require the offender to have first obtained the property. The statutory definition of 'possession' in s 1 of the Criminal Code, which includes control, means a sole director who controls company accounts possesses the funds for the purposes of the circumstance of aggravation in s 408C(2)(c).
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