Food Act 2001
128Offences by corporations
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128 Offences by corporations (1) If a corporation contravenes, whether by an act or omission, a provision of this Act, each person who is an executive officer of the corporation is taken to have contravened the provision if the person knowingly authorised or allowed the contravention. (2) For subsection (1), an executive officer of the corporation may be prosecuted for, and convicted of, the offence whether or not the corporation has been prosecuted for, or convicted of, the offence. (3) This section does not affect any liability imposed on a corporation for an offence committed by the corporation against this Act.