Western Australian Current Acts

CO-OPERATIVES ACT 2009 - SECT 210

210 .         Use of information: civil obligations

        (1)         A person who obtains information because they are, or have been, a director or other officer or employee of a co-operative must not improperly use the information to —

            (a)         gain an advantage for themselves or someone else; or

            (b)         cause detriment to the co-operative.

        Note for this subsection:

                This is a civil penalty provision (see section 482A).

        (2)         The duty under subsection (1) continues after the person stops being a director or other officer or employee of the co-operative.

        (3)         A person who is involved in a contravention of subsection (1) contravenes this subsection.

        Note for this subsection:

                This is a civil penalty provision (see section 482A).

        [Section 210 inserted: No. 7 of 2016 s. 63.]