New South Wales Consolidated Acts

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY SERVICES ACT 1998 - SECT 50

50 Directors and managers liable for offences committed by corporations

(1) If a corporation contravenes a provision of this Act or the regulations, each person who:

(a) is a director of the corporation, or

(b) is concerned in the management of the corporation,

is to be treated as having contravened that provision if the person knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention.

(2) A person may, under this section, be proceeded against and convicted for a contravention of that provision whether or not the corporation has been proceeded against or convicted for a contravention of that provision.

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