Retirement Villages Act 2004
43Liability of directors and managers
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43 Liability of directors and managers
(1) Where an operator that is a body corporate is guilty of an offence against this Act, each director, within the meaning of the Corporations Act, is also guilty of an offence and liable to the same penalty as is provided for the principal offence unless it is proved that he or she could not, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, have prevented the commission of the offence by the operator.
(2) Where an operator that is an incorporated association, within the meaning of the Associations Incorporation Act 1964 , is guilty of an offence against this Act, each person concerned in the management of the association is also guilty of the offence and liable to the same penalty as is provided for the principal offence unless it is proved that he or she could not, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, have prevented the commission of the offence by the operator.