MARINE SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 130
Offences by corporations
MARINE SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 130
Offences by corporations
130 Offences by corporations
(1) If a corporation contravenes, whether by act or omission, any provision of
this Act or the regulations, 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 this section 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.