Offences and penalties
9 Offences and penalties
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Part shall be guilty of an offence.
No prosecution for an offence against this Part shall be instituted without the written consent of the Secretary or an authorised officer who is authorised by the Secretary for the purposes of this subclause.
A person who is guilty of an offence against this Part shall be liable—
if a body corporate—to a penalty not exceeding 100 penalty units, or
if any other person—to a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty units, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both such penalty and imprisonment.
If a corporation contravenes, whether by act or omission, a provision of this Part, each person who is a director of the corporation, or who is concerned in the management of the corporation, is taken to have contravened the same provision if the person knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention.
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