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s 168

Civil penalties for executive officers of bodies corporate

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Volume 1Parts 1 to 10A (sections 1 to 239W)
Part 8Enforcement
Division 8Liability of executive officers of corporations

168 Civil penalties for executive officers of bodies corporate

(1)

If:

(a)

a body corporate contravenes a civil penalty provision; and

(b)

an executive officer of the body knew that, or was reckless or negligent as to whether, the contravention would occur; and

(c)

the officer was in a position to influence the conduct of the body in relation to the contravention; and

(d)

the officer failed to take reasonable steps to prevent the contravention;

the officer contravenes this subsection.

(2)

Subsection (1) is a civil penalty provision.

(3)

Under section 147, a Court may order a person contravening subsection (1) to pay a pecuniary penalty not more than the pecuniary penalty the Court could order an individual to pay for contravening the civil penalty provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a).

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