175AOffences by directors or managers of corporations

175A Offences by directors or managers of corporations

175A Offences by directors or managers of corporations

(1) If a person contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations—

(a) while acting in the capacity of a director, a person concerned in the management, or an employee or an agent, of a corporation, or

(b) at the direction or with the consent or agreement (whether express or implied) of such a director, person, employee or agent,

the corporation shall be taken to have contravened the same provision.

(2) A corporation may be proceeded against and convicted under a provision pursuant to subsection (1), whether or not the director, person, employee or agent has been proceeded against or convicted under that provision.

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

s 175A: Ins 1989 No 84, Sch 1 (15).