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Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
sec.487AExecutive officer may be taken to have committed offence
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### sec.487A 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 any of the following provisions—
section 93
section 102 (2)
section 102 (3)
section 197 (2)
section 197 (3)
section 270 (2)
section 270 (4)
section 271 (2)
section 271 (4) .
s 487A ins 2013 No. 51 s 226
amd 2014 No. 16 s 101 sch 1 ; 2014 No. 31 s 39
(sec.487A-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.487A-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.487A-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.487A-ssec.4) In this section— deemed executive liability provision means any of the following provisions— section 93 section 102 (2) section 102 (3) section 197 (2) section 197 (3) section 270 (2) section 270 (4) section 271 (2) section 271 (4) .
- (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.
- • section 93
- • section 102 (2)
- • section 102 (3)
- • section 197 (2)
- • section 197 (3)
- • section 270 (2)
- • section 270 (4)
- • section 271 (2)
- • section 271 (4) .