New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STOCK DISEASES ACT 1923 - SECT 20N

20N Offences by officers of corporations

(1) If a corporation contravenes a provision of this Act or the regulations, each officer of the corporation is taken to have contravened the provision if the officer knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention.

(2) An officer of a corporation may be proceeded against and convicted under a provision pursuant to this section whether or not the corporation has been proceeded against or convicted under the provision.

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

(4) In this section, "officer", in relation to a corporation, means a director of the corporation or a person who is otherwise concerned in its management.