HOME BUILDING ACT 1989 - SECT 137
Offence by body corporate--general liability of directors etc
HOME BUILDING ACT 1989 - SECT 137
Offence by body corporate--general liability of directors etc
137 Offence by body corporate--general liability of directors etc
(1) If a body corporate contravenes any provision of this Act or the
regulations, each person who is a director of the body corporate or who is
concerned in its management is to be taken to have contravened the same
provision if the person knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention.
(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a contravention of a
provision of Division 4 of Part 6A or a contravention that constitutes an
executive liability offence for the purposes of section 137A.
(2) A person
may be proceeded against and convicted under a provision pursuant to
subsection (1) whether or not the body corporate has been proceeded against or
convicted under that provision.
