Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) If a corporation contravenes any provision of this Act, the person who is the principal executive officer (however described) of the corporation is deemed to have contravened the same provision if that person knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention.
(2) A person may be proceeded against and convicted under a provision pursuant to sub-section (1) whether or not the corporation has been proceeded against or convicted under that provision.
(3) Nothing in this section affects any liability imposed on a corporation for an offence committed by the corporation against this Act.
(4) If a provision of this Act is contravened in respect of an unincorporated body of persons—
(a) the person who is the principal executive officer (however described) of the body at the time of the contravention is deemed to have contravened the same provision at that time if that person knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention; and
(b) if there was a governing body of the unincorporated body at the time of the contravention, each person who is a member of the governing body of that unincorporated body at that time is also deemed to have contravened the provision at that time if that person knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention.