MOTOR ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION ACT 1999 - SECT 226 Offences by corporations
MOTOR ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION ACT 1999 - SECT 226
Offences by corporations226 Offences by corporations
(cf s 134 MAA)
(1) If a corporation contravenes, whether by act or omission, any provision of this Act or a regulation, each person who is a director of the corporation or who is concerned in the management of the corporation is taken to have contravened the same provision if the person 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 corporation has been proceeded against or been convicted under 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.