Offences – before and after commencement
100 Offences – before and after commencement
(1) Section 26, as inserted by the Statute Law Amendment (Directors' Liability) Act 2015, (the new section) applies in relation to a relevant offence committed by a body corporate after the commencement of Part 2, Division 18 of that Act (the commencement) only if:
(a) all the conduct constituting the relevant offence occurred after the commencement; and
(b) all the conduct of the executive officer constituting the offence against the new section occurred after the commencement.
Section 26, as in force before the commencement:
(a) continues to apply in relation to offences committed by a body corporate before the commencement; and
(b) applies in relation to relevant offences committed by a body corporate after the commencement to which, as a result of subsection (1), the new section does not apply.
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