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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.814AExecutive officer may be taken to have committed offence
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### sec.814A Executive officer may be taken to have committed offence
If a corporation commits an offence against a deemed executive liability provision, each executive officer of the corporation is taken to have also committed the offence if—
the officer authorised or permitted the corporation’s conduct constituting the offence; or
the officer was, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in the corporation’s conduct.
The executive officer may be proceeded against for, and convicted of, the offence against the deemed executive liability provision whether or not the corporation has been proceeded against for, or convicted of, the offence.
This section does not affect either of the following—
the liability of the corporation for the offence against the deemed executive liability provision;
the liability, under the Criminal Code , chapter 2 , of any person, whether or not the person is an executive officer of the corporation, for the offence against the deemed executive liability provision.
In this section—
deemed executive liability provision means—
sections 175C (1) , 175C (3) , 175H (2) , 175H (3) , 198 , 207 , 228 (1) , 281 (1) , 282 , 283 , 292 (2) , 559 (1) , 560 (3) , 621 (2) , 626 (1) , 628 (1) , 639 (1) , 640 , 642 (1) , 643 (3) , 646 (4) , 648 (1) , 648 (2) , 649 , 697 (1) , 697 (2) , 697 (3) , 708A (1) , 721 (1) , 721 (2) , 727 (1) , 727 (4) , 729 , 731AA (2) , 731AG , 733A , 734 (1) , 734 (3) , 766 , 782 (1) , 785 , 802 (1) , 803 , 804 , 805 (1) , 806 (1) , 807 (2) , 808 , 809 , 810 , 813 (1) , 813 (2) or 813 (3) ; or
the Common Provisions Act , section 39 (1) or 43 (1) .
s 814A ins 2013 No. 51 s 122
amd 2014 No. 47 s 569 ; 2019 No. 7 ss 267 , 293 ; 2020 No. 30 s 80
(sec.814A-ssec.1) If a corporation commits an offence against a deemed executive liability provision, each executive officer of the corporation is taken to have also committed the offence if— the officer authorised or permitted the corporation’s conduct constituting the offence; or the officer was, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in the corporation’s conduct.
(sec.814A-ssec.2) The executive officer may be proceeded against for, and convicted of, the offence against the deemed executive liability provision whether or not the corporation has been proceeded against for, or convicted of, the offence.
(sec.814A-ssec.3) This section does not affect either of the following— the liability of the corporation for the offence against the deemed executive liability provision; the liability, under the Criminal Code , chapter 2 , of any person, whether or not the person is an executive officer of the corporation, for the offence against the deemed executive liability provision.
(sec.814A-ssec.5) In this section— deemed executive liability provision means— sections 175C (1) , 175C (3) , 175H (2) , 175H (3) , 198 , 207 , 228 (1) , 281 (1) , 282 , 283 , 292 (2) , 559 (1) , 560 (3) , 621 (2) , 626 (1) , 628 (1) , 639 (1) , 640 , 642 (1) , 643 (3) , 646 (4) , 648 (1) , 648 (2) , 649 , 697 (1) , 697 (2) , 697 (3) , 708A (1) , 721 (1) , 721 (2) , 727 (1) , 727 (4) , 729 , 731AA (2) , 731AG , 733A , 734 (1) , 734 (3) , 766 , 782 (1) , 785 , 802 (1) , 803 , 804 , 805 (1) , 806 (1) , 807 (2) , 808 , 809 , 810 , 813 (1) , 813 (2) or 813 (3) ; or the Common Provisions Act , section 39 (1) or 43 (1) .
- (a) the officer authorised or permitted the corporation’s conduct constituting the offence; or
- (b) the officer was, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in the corporation’s conduct.
- (a) the liability of the corporation for the offence against the deemed executive liability provision;
- (b) the liability, under the Criminal Code , chapter 2 , of any person, whether or not the person is an executive officer of the corporation, for the offence against the deemed executive liability provision.
- (a) sections 175C (1) , 175C (3) , 175H (2) , 175H (3) , 198 , 207 , 228 (1) , 281 (1) , 282 , 283 , 292 (2) , 559 (1) , 560 (3) , 621 (2) , 626 (1) , 628 (1) , 639 (1) , 640 , 642 (1) , 643 (3) , 646 (4) , 648 (1) , 648 (2) , 649 , 697 (1) , 697 (2) , 697 (3) , 708A (1) , 721 (1) , 721 (2) , 727 (1) , 727 (4) , 729 , 731AA (2) , 731AG , 733A , 734 (1) , 734 (3) , 766 , 782 (1) , 785 , 802 (1) , 803 , 804 , 805 (1) , 806 (1) , 807 (2) , 808 , 809 , 810 , 813 (1) , 813 (2) or 813 (3) ; or
- (b) the Common Provisions Act , section 39 (1) or 43 (1) .