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168Civil penalties for executive officers of bodies corporate
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168 Civil penalties for executive officers of bodies corporate
(a) a body corporate contravenes a civil penalty provision; and
(b) an executive officer of the body knew that, or was reckless or negligent as to whether, the contravention would occur; and
(c) the officer was in a position to influence the conduct of the body in relation to the contravention; and
(d) the officer failed to take reasonable steps to prevent the contravention;
the officer contravenes this subsection.
(2) Subsection (1) is a civil penalty provision.
(3) Under section 147, a Court may order a person contravening subsection (1) to pay a pecuniary penalty not more than the pecuniary penalty the Court could order an individual to pay for contravening the civil penalty provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a).