Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2022
118Contraventions by corporations
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118 Contraventions by corporations
118 Contraventions by corporations
(1) If a corporation contravenes a 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 as provided by subsection (1) whether or not the corporation has been proceeded against or convicted under the provision.
(3) This section does not affect the liability imposed on a corporation for an offence committed by the corporation under this Act or the regulations.