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GAS CORPORATION (BUSINESS DISPOSAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 31

31 .         State indemnities and guarantees

        (1)         The Treasurer may, in the name and on behalf of the State, give an indemnity or guarantee in respect of a matter related to —

            (a)         a section 6 disposal; or

            (b)         the assignment of anything in connection with a section 6 disposal.

        (2)         The Treasurer may, in the name and on behalf of the State, give to any person who is or has been —

            (a)         a director or officer of the corporation or of a subsidiary; or

            (b)         a director or officer of the corporate vehicle or of a subsidiary of it within the meaning of the Corporations Law; or

            (c)         a member or alternate member of a committee referred to in section 7(3),

                an indemnity against any liability determined by the Treasurer whether or not the liability relates to a matter referred to in subsection (1).

        (3)         In subsection (2) —

        liability includes civil liability under the Corporations Law.

        (4)         The payment of any money under an indemnity or guarantee given under this section is to be made by the Treasurer and charged to the Consolidated Account, which this section appropriates to the necessary extent.

        [Section 31 amended: No. 77 of 2006 s. 4.]



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