288Offences and breaches by corporations

288 Offences and breaches by corporations

288 Offences and breaches by corporations

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

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

(3) Nothing in this section affects the liability of a corporation for a contravention of a breach provision.