Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 168

  (1)   If:

  (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).