Involvement in contravention treated in same way as actual contravention
550 Involvement in contravention treated in same way as actual contravention
A person who is involved in a contravention of a civil remedy provision is taken to have contravened that provision.
If a person (the involved person) is taken under this subsection to have contravened a civil remedy provision, the involved person’s contravention may be a serious contravention (see subsection 557A(5A)). Serious contraventions attract higher maximum penalties (see subsection 539(2)).
A person is involved in a contravention of a civil remedy provision if, and only if, the person:
has aided, abetted, counselled or procured the contravention; or
has induced the contravention, whether by threats or promises or otherwise; or
has been in any way, by act or omission, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in or party to the contravention; or
has conspired with others to effect the contravention.
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