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CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 No. 50, 2001 - SECT 601JF

When can responsible entity indemnify compliance committee members?

(1) A scheme's responsible entity or a related body corporate must not:

(a)
indemnify a person who is or has been a member of the scheme's compliance committee against a liability incurred by the person as a member; or

(b)
exempt the person from such a liability.

(2) A provision of the scheme's constitution or a body corporate's constitution is void in so far as it provides for the responsible entity or a related body corporate to do something that subsection (1) prohibits. (3) Subsection (1) does not prevent a person from being indemnified against a liability to another person (other than the responsible entity or a related body corporate) unless the liability arises out of conduct involving a lack of good faith. (4) Subsection (1) does not prevent a person from being indemnified against a liability for costs and expenses incurred by them:

(a)
in defending proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in favour of them or in which they are acquitted; or

(b)
in connection with an application, in relation to such proceedings, in which the Court grants relief to them under this Act.

(5) In this section:

"indemnify" includes indemnify indirectly through one or more interposed entities.



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