Farm Debt Mediation Act 1994

If a corporation contravenes, whether by act or omission, any provision of this Act or the regulations, each officer of the corporation is taken to have contravened the same provision if the officer knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention.

An officer of a corporation may be proceeded against and convicted under a provision pursuant to this section whether or not the corporation has been proceeded against or been convicted under that provision.

Nothing in this section affects any liability imposed on a corporation for an offence committed by the corporation against this Act or the regulations.

In this section, officer means a director of the corporation or a person who is otherwise concerned in its management.