GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK ACT 1975 - SECT 61AOB Civil penalties for executive officers of bodies corporate

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK ACT 1975 - SECT 61AOB

  (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 all reasonable steps to prevent the contravention;

the officer contravenes this subsection.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) is a civil penalty provision. Under section   61AIC, the Federal 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 contravened by the body corporate.