(1) If an association contravenes, whether
by act or omission, any provision of this Act or the regulations, each
committee member of the association is taken to have contravened the same
provision if he or she knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention.
(2) A person may be proceeded against and convicted under a provision pursuant
to subsection (1) whether or not the association has been proceeded against or
convicted under that provision.
(3) In the case of a contravention of
section 40, each person who, pursuant to subsection (1), is taken to have
contravened that section is, together with the association, jointly and
severally liable for all debts incurred by the association as a consequence of
that contravention.
(4) Nothing in this section affects any liability imposed
on an association for an offence committed by the association under this Act.
