(1) If a body corporate contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations, each officer of the body corporate is taken to have contravened the same provision if the officer knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention.
(2) A person may be proceeded against and convicted under a provision in accordance with subsection (1) whether or not the body corporate has been proceeded against under that provision.
(3) Nothing in this section affects any liability imposed on a body corporate for an offence committed by the body corporate against this Act or the regulations.