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Western Australia Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Contents Part 1 -- Preliminary 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 Part 2 -- The Criminal Code amended 3. Act amended 3 4. Part I Chapter VI inserted 3 Chapter VI -- Criminal liability of officers of bodies corporate 44A. Overview 3 44B. Term used: officer 3 44C. Officer liability for corporate offence: onus on prosecution to prove reasonable steps not taken 3 44D. Officer liability for corporate offence: onus on prosecution to prove reasonable steps not taken if evidence suggesting reasonable steps adduced 4 44E. Officer liability for corporate offence: onus on officer to prove reasonable steps taken 5 44F. Further provisions 6 44G. Penalties 6 Part 3 -- Amendments to other Acts Division 1 -- Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 amended 5. Act amended 8 6. Section 57 amended 8 7. Section 58 inserted 8 58. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 8 115--1 page i Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Contents Division 2 -- Animal Welfare Act 2002 amended 8. Act amended 8 9. Section 80 replaced 9 80. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 9 81A. Unincorporated scientific establishments 9 Division 3 -- Anzac Day Act 1960 amended 10. Act amended 10 11. Section 4 amended 10 12. Section 5 amended 11 13. Section 6 amended 11 14. Section 7 amended 11 Division 4 -- Architects Act 2004 amended 15. Act amended 11 16. Section 76 replaced 12 76. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 12 Division 5 -- Auction Sales Act 1973 amended 17. Act amended 12 18. Section 35 amended 12 Division 6 -- Betting Control Act 1954 amended 19. Act amended 12 20. Section 27G replaced 13 27G. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 13 21. Section 27H amended 13 Division 7 -- Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 amended 22. Act amended 14 23. Section 110 replaced 14 110. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 14 Division 8 -- Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 amended 24. Act amended 15 25. Section 105 replaced 15 105. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 15 page ii Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Contents Division 9 -- Building Services (Registration) Act 2011 amended 26. Act amended 15 27. Section 97 replaced 16 97. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 16 Division 10 -- Charitable Collections Act 1946 amended 28. Act amended 16 29. Section 15 amended 16 30. Section 16A inserted 17 16A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 17 Division 11 -- Criminal Procedure Act 2004 amended 31. Act amended 17 32. Section 180 replaced 17 180. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 17 Division 12 -- Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 amended 33. Act amended 18 34. Section 61 replaced 18 61. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 18 Division 13 -- Debt Collectors Licensing Act 1964 amended 35. Act amended 18 36. Section 23 deleted 19 Division 14 -- Emergency Management Act 2005 amended 37. Act amended 19 38. Section 98 deleted 19 Division 15 -- Employment Agents Act 1976 amended 39. Act amended 19 40. Section 30 amended 19 Division 16 -- Energy Operators (Powers) Act 1979 amended 41. Act amended 19 page iii Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Contents 42. Section 86 amended 19 Division 17 -- Energy Safety Act 2006 amended 43. Act amended 19 44. Section 35 deleted 20 Division 18 -- Environmental Protection Act 1986 amended 45. Act amended 20 46. Section 118 amended 20 47. Section 119A inserted 20 119A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 20 Division 19 -- Exotic Diseases of Animals Act 1993 amended 48. Act amended 20 49. Section 58 replaced 21 58. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 21 Division 20 -- Fair Trading Act 2010 amended 50. Act amended 21 51. Section 95A inserted 21 95A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 21 52. Section 95 amended 22 Division 21 -- Firearms Act 1973 amended 53. Act amended 22 54. Section 21B amended 22 55. Section 21C inserted 22 21C. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 22 Division 22 -- Fish Resources Management Act 1994 amended 56. Act amended 23 57. Section 204 replaced 23 204. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 23 Division 23 -- Food Act 2008 amended 58. Act amended 24 59. Section 128 replaced 24 128. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 24 page iv Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Contents Division 24 -- Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987 amended 60. Act amended 25 61. Section 37 replaced 25 37. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 25 62. Section 99 amended 26 Division 25 -- Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) Act 1999 amended 63. Act amended 26 64. Section 13 deleted 26 Division 26 -- Gold Corporation Act 1987 amended 65. Act amended 27 66. Section 76 deleted 27 Division 27 -- Heritage of Western Australia Act 1990 amended 67. Act amended 27 68. Section 68 amended 27 69. Section 69A inserted 27 69A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 27 70. Section 70 amended 28 Division 28 -- Home Building Contracts Act 1991 amended 71. Act amended 28 72. Section 30 replaced 28 30. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 28 Division 29 -- Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000 amended 73. Act amended 29 74. Section 30 deleted 29 Division 30 -- Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 amended 75. Act amended 29 76. Section 26M replaced 29 26M. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 29 page v Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Contents Division 31 -- Liquor Control Act 1988 amended 77. Act amended 30 78. Section 96 amended 30 79. Section 164 amended 30 80. Section 165A inserted 30 165A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 30 81. Section 167 amended 31 Division 32 -- Litter Act 1979 amended 82. Act amended 31 83. Section 24C deleted 31 Division 33 -- Major Events (Aerial Advertising) Act 2009 amended 84. Act amended 31 85. Section 3 amended 32 86. Section 16 replaced 32 16. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 32 Division 34 -- Marketing of Potatoes Act 1946 amended 87. Act amended 32 88. Section 41A deleted 32 Division 35 -- Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 amended 89. Act amended 32 90. Section 118 replaced 32 118. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 32 Division 36 -- Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority Act 2011 amended 91. Act amended 33 92. Section 129 deleted 34 Division 37 -- Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 amended 93. Act amended 34 94. Section 4 amended 34 95. Sections 100 and 100A replaced 34 100. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 34 page vi Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Contents Division 38 -- Mining Act 1978 amended 96. Act amended 36 97. Section 154 amended 36 98. Section 154A inserted 36 154A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 36 Division 39 -- Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 amended 99. Act amended 37 100. Section 35 replaced 37 35. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 37 Division 40 -- Nuclear Waste Storage and Transportation (Prohibition) Act 1999 amended 101. Act amended 37 102. Section 8 replaced 38 8. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 38 Division 41 -- Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Act 1994 amended 103. Act amended 38 104. Section 89 amended 38 Division 42 -- Pearling Act 1990 amended 105. Act amended 38 106. Section 56 replaced 39 56. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 39 Division 43 -- Perry Lakes Redevelopment Act 2005 amended 107. Act amended 39 108. Section 50 deleted 39 Division 44 -- Pharmacy Act 2010 amended 109. Act amended 39 110. Section 71 replaced 40 71. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 40 Division 45 -- Radiation Safety Act 1975 amended 111. Act amended 40 page vii Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Contents 112. Section 56 amended 40 113. Section 57A inserted 41 57A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 41 Division 46 -- Rail Safety Act 2010 amended 114. Act amended 41 115. Section 189 amended 41 116. Section 190A inserted 42 190A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 42 Division 47 -- Retail Trading Hours Act 1987 amended 117. Act amended 42 118. Section 34 deleted 42 Division 48 -- Retirement Villages Act 1992 amended 119. Act amended 42 120. Section 79 replaced 43 79. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 43 Division 49 -- Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996 amended 121. Act amended 43 122. Section 88A amended 43 123. Section 89 amended 44 124. Section 90 deleted 44 Division 50 -- Surveillance Devices Act 1998 amended 125. Act amended 44 126. Section 39 deleted 44 Division 51 -- Swan and Canning Rivers Management Act 2006 amended 127. Act amended 44 128. Section 121 amended 44 129. Section 122A inserted 45 122A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 45 Division 52 -- Taxation Administration Act 2003 amended 130. Act amended 45 page viii Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Contents 131. Section 109 replaced 45 109. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 45 Division 53 -- Tobacco Products Control Act 2006 amended 132. Act amended 49 133. Section 109 replaced 49 109. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 49 134. Glossary amended 50 Division 54 -- Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 amended 135. Act amended 50 136. Section 55A deleted 51 Division 55 -- Unauthorised Documents Act 1961 amended 137. Act amended 51 138. Section 6 deleted 51 Division 56 -- Veterinary Chemical Control and Animal Feeding Stuffs Act 1976 amended 139. Act amended 51 140. Section 61 amended 51 141. Section 62A inserted 51 62A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 51 Division 57 -- Water Services Act 2012 amended 142. Act amended 52 143. Section 196 replaced 52 196. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 52 Division 58 -- Waterways Conservation Act 1976 amended 144. Act amended 53 145. Section 73 amended 53 Division 59 -- Western Australian Products Symbol Act 1972 amended 146. Act amended 53 147. Section 13 deleted 53 page ix Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Contents Division 60 -- Workers' Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 amended 148. Act amended 53 149. Section 170 amended 53 150. Section 171A inserted 54 171A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 54 page x Western Australia LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 A Bill for An Act to amend The Criminal Code and various other Acts in relation to the criminal liability of directors and other persons involved in the management of bodies corporate, and for related purposes. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: page 1 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 1 Preliminary s. 1 1 Part 1 -- Preliminary 2 1. Short title 3 This is the Directors' Liability Reform Act 2015. 4 2. Commencement 5 This Act comes into operation as follows -- 6 (a) Part 1 -- on the day on which this Act receives the 7 Royal Assent; 8 (b) the rest of the Act -- on a day fixed by proclamation, 9 and different days may be fixed for different provisions. page 2 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 The Criminal Code amended Part 2 s. 3 1 Part 2 -- The Criminal Code amended 2 3. Act amended 3 This Part amends The Criminal Code. 4 4. Part I Chapter VI inserted 5 At the end of Part I insert: 6 7 Chapter VI -- Criminal liability of officers of 8 bodies corporate 9 44A. Overview 10 (1) This Chapter contains a set of standard provisions 11 (sections 44C, 44D and 44E) that set out certain 12 circumstances in which directors and other officers of a 13 body corporate can incur criminal liability as a result of 14 an offence by the body corporate. 15 (2) Only one of sections 44C, 44D and 44E can apply to an 16 offence. 17 44B. Term used: officer 18 In this Chapter -- 19 officer, in relation to a body corporate, has the meaning 20 given in the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) 21 section 9. 22 44C. Officer liability for corporate offence: onus on 23 prosecution to prove reasonable steps not taken 24 (1) This section applies to an offence if a provision of this 25 Code, or of another written law, expressly provides that 26 it applies to the offence. page 3 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 2 The Criminal Code amended s. 4 1 (2) If a body corporate is guilty of an offence to which this 2 section applies, an officer of the body corporate is also 3 guilty of the offence if the officer failed to take all 4 reasonable steps to prevent the commission of the 5 offence by the body corporate. 6 (3) In determining whether things done or omitted to be 7 done by the officer constitute reasonable steps, a court 8 must have regard to -- 9 (a) what the officer knew, or ought to have known, 10 about the commission of the offence by the 11 body corporate; and 12 (b) whether the officer was in a position to 13 influence the conduct of the body corporate in 14 relation to the commission of the offence; and 15 (c) any other relevant matter. 16 44D. Officer liability for corporate offence: onus on 17 prosecution to prove reasonable steps not taken if 18 evidence suggesting reasonable steps adduced 19 (1) This section applies to an offence if a provision of this 20 Code, or of another written law, expressly provides that 21 it applies to the offence. 22 (2) If a body corporate is guilty of an offence to which this 23 section applies, an officer of the body corporate is also 24 guilty of the offence unless the officer took all 25 reasonable steps to prevent the commission of the 26 offence by the body corporate. 27 (3) The prosecutor has the onus of proving that the officer 28 failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent the 29 commission of the offence by the body corporate if, 30 and only if, evidence that suggests a reasonable 31 possibility that the officer took all reasonable steps is 32 first adduced by or on behalf of the officer. page 4 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 The Criminal Code amended Part 2 s. 4 1 (4) In determining whether things done or omitted to be 2 done by the officer constitute reasonable steps, a court 3 must have regard to -- 4 (a) what the officer knew, or ought to have known, 5 about the commission of the offence by the 6 body corporate; and 7 (b) whether the officer was in a position to 8 influence the conduct of the body corporate in 9 relation to the commission of the offence; and 10 (c) any other relevant matter. 11 44E. Officer liability for corporate offence: onus on 12 officer to prove reasonable steps taken 13 (1) This section applies to an offence if a provision of this 14 Code, or of another written law, expressly provides that 15 it applies to the offence. 16 (2) If a body corporate is guilty of an offence to which this 17 section applies, an officer of the body corporate is also 18 guilty of the offence unless the officer took all 19 reasonable steps to prevent the commission of the 20 offence by the body corporate. 21 (3) The officer has the onus of proving that the officer took 22 all reasonable steps to prevent the commission of the 23 offence by the body corporate. 24 (4) In determining whether things done or omitted to be 25 done by the officer constitute reasonable steps, a court 26 must have regard to -- 27 (a) what the officer knew, or ought to have known, 28 about the commission of the offence by the 29 body corporate; and 30 (b) whether the officer was in a position to 31 influence the conduct of the body corporate in 32 relation to the commission of the offence; and 33 (c) any other relevant matter. page 5 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 2 The Criminal Code amended s. 4 1 44F. Further provisions 2 (1) This Chapter does not affect the liability of a body 3 corporate for any offence. 4 (2) This Chapter does not affect the liability of an officer, 5 or any other person, under Chapters II, LVII, LVIII and 6 LIX. 7 (3) An officer of a body corporate may be charged with, 8 and convicted of, an offence in accordance with 9 section 44C, 44D or 44E whether or not the body 10 corporate is charged with, or convicted of, the principal 11 offence committed by the body corporate. 12 (4) If an officer of a body corporate who is charged with 13 an offence in accordance with section 44C, 44D or 44E 14 claims that the body corporate would have a defence if 15 it were charged with the offence -- 16 (a) the onus of proving the defence is on the 17 officer; and 18 (b) the standard of proof required is the standard 19 that would apply to the body corporate in 20 relation to the defence. 21 (5) Subsection (4) does not limit any other defence 22 available to the officer. 23 44G. Penalties 24 (1) This section applies to an offence if -- 25 (a) section 44C, 44D or 44E applies to the offence; 26 and 27 (b) the specified penalty for the offence applies 28 only to a body corporate. 29 (2) If this section applies to an offence, the maximum 30 penalty for the offence if committed by an officer of a page 6 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 The Criminal Code amended Part 2 s. 4 1 body corporate is one-fifth of the maximum penalty 2 that could be imposed on the body corporate. 3 (3) This section does not limit the Sentencing Act 1995. 4 page 7 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 1 Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 amended s. 5 1 Part 3 -- Amendments to other Acts 2 Division 1 -- Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 amended 3 5. Act amended 4 This Division amends the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. 5 6. Section 57 amended 6 Delete section 57(2). 7 7. Section 58 inserted 8 After section 57 insert: 9 10 58. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 11 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 12 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 13 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 14 Table. 15 Table s. 17 s. 43(7) s. 55 16 17 Division 2 -- Animal Welfare Act 2002 amended 18 8. Act amended 19 This Division amends the Animal Welfare Act 2002. page 8 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Animal Welfare Act 2002 amended Division 2 s. 9 1 9. Section 80 replaced 2 Delete section 80 and insert: 3 4 80. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 5 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 6 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 7 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 8 Table. 9 Table s. 6(1) and (2) s. 7(1) s. 13 s. 19(1) s. 31(1) s. 32(1) s. 50(7) 10 81A. Unincorporated scientific establishments 11 (1) In this section -- 12 officer, in relation to a scientific establishment that is 13 neither an individual nor a body corporate, has the 14 meaning given in the Corporations Act 2001 15 (Commonwealth) section 9. 16 (2) If a licence is issued in respect of a scientific 17 establishment that is neither an individual nor a body 18 corporate, every officer of the establishment has the 19 same rights and duties as a licensee, whether or not the 20 officer is named on the licence. 21 (3) If -- 22 (a) a licence is issued in respect of a scientific 23 establishment that is neither an individual nor a 24 body corporate; and page 9 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 3 Anzac Day Act 1960 amended s. 10 1 (b) an officer of the establishment (the principal 2 officer) commits an offence under this Act 3 (other than an offence under Part 3 that is 4 unrelated to the activity authorised by the 5 licence), 6 each other officer of the establishment also commits 7 the offence if that officer failed to take all reasonable 8 steps to prevent the commission of the offence by the 9 principal officer. 10 (4) In determining whether things done or omitted to be 11 done by the officer constitute reasonable steps, a court 12 must have regard to -- 13 (a) what the officer knew, or ought to have known, 14 about the commission of the offence by the 15 principal officer; and 16 (b) whether the officer was in a position to 17 influence the conduct of the principal officer in 18 relation to the commission of the offence; and 19 (c) any other relevant matter. 20 21 Division 3 -- Anzac Day Act 1960 amended 22 10. Act amended 23 This Division amends the Anzac Day Act 1960. 24 11. Section 4 amended 25 In section 4(4) delete "held, and each member of the managing 26 body or committee of that racing club," and insert: 27 28 held 29 page 10 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Architects Act 2004 amended Division 4 s. 12 1 12. Section 5 amended 2 In section 5(2) delete "club, and each member of the managing 3 body or committee of that racing club," and insert: 4 5 club 6 7 13. Section 6 amended 8 In section 6(4) delete "held, and each member of the managing 9 body or committee of that club, association or body," and insert: 10 11 held 12 13 14. Section 7 amended 14 In section 7(2): 15 (a) delete "body, and each member of its managing body or 16 committee," and insert: 17 18 body 19 20 (b) delete "$400, but no such member is liable if it is shown 21 that such failure occurred without his knowledge or 22 approval." and insert: 23 24 $400. 25 26 Division 4 -- Architects Act 2004 amended 27 15. Act amended 28 This Division amends the Architects Act 2004. page 11 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 5 Auction Sales Act 1973 amended s. 16 1 16. Section 76 replaced 2 Delete section 76 and insert: 3 4 76. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 5 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 6 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 7 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 8 Table. 9 Table s. 14(1) s. 15 s. 42(2) s. 64(2) and (3) s. 65(1) s. 66 s. 67(2), (3) and (4) s. 69(1) s. 70 10 11 Division 5 -- Auction Sales Act 1973 amended 12 17. Act amended 13 This Division amends the Auction Sales Act 1973. 14 18. Section 35 amended 15 Delete section 35(4). 16 Division 6 -- Betting Control Act 1954 amended 17 19. Act amended 18 This Division amends the Betting Control Act 1954. page 12 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Betting Control Act 1954 amended Division 6 s. 20 1 20. Section 27G replaced 2 Delete section 27G and insert: 3 4 27G. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 5 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 6 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 7 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 8 Table. 9 Table s. 11(6) s. 11B(11) and (14) s. 11C(9) and (13) s. 11E(5) s. 11G(1) and (2) s. 20A(2) s. 20B(6) s. 23(1) s. 24(1) s. 26C(1) s. 27 s. 27A(2) and (3) s. 27D(2A) s. 27H(2) s. 28C s. 28D 10 11 21. Section 27H amended 12 Delete section 27H(3). 13 Note: The heading to amended section 27H is to read: 14 Liability of natural persons, partners, bodies corporate and 15 licensed managers page 13 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 7 Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 amended s. 22 1 Division 7 -- Biosecurity and Agriculture Management 2 Act 2007 amended 3 22. Act amended 4 This Division amends the Biosecurity and Agriculture 5 Management Act 2007. 6 23. Section 110 replaced 7 Delete section 110 and insert: 8 9 110. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 10 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 11 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 12 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 13 Table. 14 Table s. 15(1), (2) and (3) s. 17 s. 18 s. 23(1) and (3) s. 24(2) and (4) s. 25 s. 26(1) s. 29 s. 30(2) and (3) s. 32 s. 56(1), (2), (3), s. 57 (4), (5) and (6) s. 58(2) s. 60 page 14 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Division 8 Administration) Act 2011 amended s. 24 s. 61(1) s. 62(1) s. 84(5) s. 92 1 2 Division 8 -- Building Services (Complaint Resolution and 3 Administration) Act 2011 amended 4 24. Act amended 5 This Division amends the Building Services (Complaint 6 Resolution and Administration) Act 2011. 7 25. Section 105 replaced 8 Delete section 105 and insert: 9 10 105. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 11 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 12 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 13 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 14 Table. 15 Table s. 53(1) s. 71(2) s. 80(7) 16 17 Division 9 -- Building Services (Registration) Act 2011 amended 18 26. Act amended 19 This Division amends the Building Services (Registration) 20 Act 2011. page 15 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 10 Charitable Collections Act 1946 amended s. 27 1 27. Section 97 replaced 2 Delete section 97 and insert: 3 4 97. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 5 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 6 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 7 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 8 Table. 9 Table s. 4(1) s. 5(2) s. 6(1) s. 7(1) and (5) s. 22(2) s. 25 s. 33(1) s. 34(1) and (3) s. 35(1), (2) and (3) s. 36(1) s. 37(1) s. 99 10 11 Division 10 -- Charitable Collections Act 1946 amended 12 28. Act amended 13 This Division amends the Charitable Collections Act 1946. 14 29. Section 15 amended 15 Delete section 15(4). page 16 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Criminal Procedure Act 2004 amended Division 11 s. 30 1 30. Section 16A inserted 2 After section 15 insert: 3 4 16A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 5 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 6 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 7 applies to an offence under section 15(3). 8 9 Division 11 -- Criminal Procedure Act 2004 amended 10 31. Act amended 11 This Division amends the Criminal Procedure Act 2004. 12 32. Section 180 replaced 13 Delete section 180 and insert: 14 15 180. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 16 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 17 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 18 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 19 Table. 20 Table s. 137(5) s. 155(4) s. 170(4) 21 page 17 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 12 Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 amended s. 33 1 Division 12 -- Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 amended 2 33. Act amended 3 This Division amends the Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004. 4 34. Section 61 replaced 5 Delete section 61 and insert: 6 7 61. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 8 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 9 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 10 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 11 Table. 12 Table s. 8(1) s. 9(2) s. 10 s. 11(2) s. 12 s. 13 s. 14(1) s. 15(1) s. 16 s. 17(2) s. 24 s. 47(7) s. 55(1), (2) and (3) s. 65(5) 13 14 Division 13 -- Debt Collectors Licensing Act 1964 amended 15 35. Act amended 16 This Division amends the Debt Collectors Licensing Act 1964. page 18 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Emergency Management Act 2005 amended Division 14 s. 36 1 36. Section 23 deleted 2 Delete section 23. 3 Division 14 -- Emergency Management Act 2005 amended 4 37. Act amended 5 This Division amends the Emergency Management Act 2005. 6 38. Section 98 deleted 7 Delete section 98. 8 Division 15 -- Employment Agents Act 1976 amended 9 39. Act amended 10 This Division amends the Employment Agents Act 1976. 11 40. Section 30 amended 12 Delete section 30(3). 13 Division 16 -- Energy Operators (Powers) Act 1979 amended 14 41. Act amended 15 This Division amends the Energy Operators (Powers) Act 1979. 16 42. Section 86 amended 17 Delete section 86(1) to (2a). 18 Note: The heading to amended section 86 is to read: 19 Liability of bodies corporate 20 Division 17 -- Energy Safety Act 2006 amended 21 43. Act amended 22 This Division amends the Energy Safety Act 2006. page 19 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 18 Environmental Protection Act 1986 amended s. 44 1 44. Section 35 deleted 2 Delete section 35. 3 Division 18 -- Environmental Protection Act 1986 amended 4 45. Act amended 5 This Division amends the Environmental Protection Act 1986. 6 46. Section 118 amended 7 Delete section 118(1) to (3). 8 Note: The heading to amended section 118 is to read: 9 Establishing state of mind of body corporate 10 47. Section 119A inserted 11 After section 118 insert: 12 13 119A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 14 The Criminal Code section 44E (which provides for the 15 criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 16 applies to Tier 1 offences and Tier 2 offences. 17 18 Division 19 -- Exotic Diseases of Animals Act 1993 amended 19 48. Act amended 20 This Division amends the Exotic Diseases of Animals Act 1993. page 20 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Fair Trading Act 2010 amended Division 20 s. 49 1 49. Section 58 replaced 2 Delete section 58 and insert: 3 4 58. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 5 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 6 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 7 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 8 Table. 9 Table s. 8 s. 9(2) s. 10(1) s. 22 s. 32(1) s. 37(1) s. 39(3) 10 11 Division 20 -- Fair Trading Act 2010 amended 12 50. Act amended 13 This Division amends the Fair Trading Act 2010. 14 51. Section 95A inserted 15 After section 94 insert: 16 17 95A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 18 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 19 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 20 applies to an offence under this Act. 21 page 21 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 21 Firearms Act 1973 amended s. 52 1 52. Section 95 amended 2 Delete section 95(1) to (3). 3 Note: The heading to amended section 95 is to read: 4 Vicarious liability of employers, principals and other persons 5 Division 21 -- Firearms Act 1973 amended 6 53. Act amended 7 This Division amends the Firearms Act 1973. 8 54. Section 21B amended 9 (1) In section 21B(1): 10 (a) delete paragraph (a); 11 (b) delete "each" and insert: 12 13 the person 14 15 (2) Delete section 21B(2) to (4). 16 Note: The heading to amended section 21B is to read: 17 Liability for certain offences 18 55. Section 21C inserted 19 After section 21B insert: 20 21 21C. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 22 (1) In this section -- 23 relevant offence means an offence under one of the 24 following provisions, when committed in the course of 25 the business carried on under a Dealer's Licence, a 26 Repairer's Licence or a Manufacturer's Licence -- 27 (a) section 19(2) and (4); page 22 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Fish Resources Management Act 1994 amended Division 22 s. 56 1 (b) section 23(1), (5), (7) and (9). 2 (2) The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 3 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 4 applies to a relevant offence. 5 6 Division 22 -- Fish Resources Management Act 1994 amended 7 56. Act amended 8 This Division amends the Fish Resources Management 9 Act 1994. 10 57. Section 204 replaced 11 Delete section 204 and insert: 12 13 204. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 14 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 15 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 16 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 17 Table. 18 Table s. 7(7) s. 46 s. 47 s. 48A(2) s. 49 s. 74(1) and (2) s. 77(1) and (2) s. 79(1) s. 82(1) s. 86 s. 88 s. 90 s. 96 s. 97A s. 100A(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) s. 104 s. 105 s. 155(2) page 23 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 23 Food Act 2008 amended s. 58 s. 170(1) s. 171(1) s. 172 s. 173(1) s. 174(1) s. 175(1) s. 176 s. 225(4) and (5) s. 255(3) 1 2 Division 23 -- Food Act 2008 amended 3 58. Act amended 4 This Division amends the Food Act 2008. 5 59. Section 128 replaced 6 Delete section 128 and insert: 7 8 128. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 9 (1) The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 10 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 11 applies to an offence under section 22(1). 12 (2) The Criminal Code section 44E (which provides for the 13 criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 14 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 15 Table. 16 Table s. 14(1) and (2) s. 15(1) and (2) s. 16(1), 2, 3 and (4) s. 17(1) and (2) s. 18(1) and (2) s. 19(1), (2) and (3) page 24 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987 amended Division 24 s. 60 s. 20(1) s. 21(1) and (2) s. 22(2), (3) and (4) 1 2 Division 24 -- Gaming and Wagering Commission 3 Act 1987 amended 4 60. Act amended 5 This Division amends the Gaming and Wagering Commission 6 Act 1987. 7 61. Section 37 replaced 8 Delete section 37 and insert: 9 10 37. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 11 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 12 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 13 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 14 Table. 15 Table s. 22(5) s. 29(1) and (2) s. 41(3) s. 42(4) s. 44(1) s. 45(1), (2), (3) and (4) s. 57(3) s. 58(4) s. 85(4) s. 88(3) s. 89(2) s. 91(1) and (4) page 25 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 25 Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) Act 1999 amended s. 62 s. 93 s. 104(4) s. 104C(4) s. 104E(1), (2) and (3) s. 104F(1) and (4) s. 104L(1), (2) and (3) s. 104M(1), (2) and (3) s. 106(1) and (2) s. 109H(2) 1 2 62. Section 99 amended 3 In section 99(d) delete "who pursuant to section 37 would be 4 liable in relation to a conviction of that body for an offence of 5 failing to pay those moneys on demand." and insert: 6 7 who, if that body committed an offence of failing to 8 pay those moneys on demand, would be criminally 9 liable in accordance with The Criminal Code 10 section 44C. 11 12 Division 25 -- Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) 13 Act 1999 amended 14 63. Act amended 15 This Division amends the Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) 16 Act 1999. 17 64. Section 13 deleted 18 Delete section 13. page 26 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Gold Corporation Act 1987 amended Division 26 s. 65 1 Division 26 -- Gold Corporation Act 1987 amended 2 65. Act amended 3 This Division amends the Gold Corporation Act 1987. 4 66. Section 76 deleted 5 Delete section 76. 6 Division 27 -- Heritage of Western Australia Act 1990 amended 7 67. Act amended 8 This Division amends the Heritage of Western Australia 9 Act 1990. 10 68. Section 68 amended 11 Delete section 68(2) and (3). 12 69. Section 69A inserted 13 After section 68 insert: 14 15 69A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 16 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 17 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 18 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 19 Table. 20 Table s. 61(1) and (2) s. 62(3) s. 79(1) s. 80(3) 21 page 27 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 28 Home Building Contracts Act 1991 amended s. 70 1 70. Section 70 amended 2 In section 70(3) delete "section 68" and insert: 3 4 section 68 or 69A 5 6 Division 28 -- Home Building Contracts Act 1991 amended 7 71. Act amended 8 This Division amends the Home Building Contracts Act 1991. 9 72. Section 30 replaced 10 Delete section 30 and insert: 11 12 30. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 13 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 14 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 15 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 16 Table. 17 Table s. 5(3) s. 10(1) and (5) s. 12(1) s. 13(1) s. 14(1) s. 25C(1) and (2) s. 25J(2) and (3) s. 25L(1) s. 28(3) 18 page 28 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000 amended Division 29 s. 73 1 Division 29 -- Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment 2 Act 2000 amended 3 73. Act amended 4 This Division amends the Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment 5 Act 2000. 6 74. Section 30 deleted 7 Delete section 30. 8 Division 30 -- Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 amended 9 75. Act amended 10 This Division amends the Hospitals and Health Services 11 Act 1927. 12 76. Section 26M replaced 13 Delete section 26M and insert: 14 15 26M. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 16 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 17 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 18 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 19 Table. 20 Table s. 26DA(1) s. 26G(2) s. 26K s. 26L 21 page 29 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 31 Liquor Control Act 1988 amended s. 77 1 Division 31 -- Liquor Control Act 1988 amended 2 77. Act amended 3 This Division amends the Liquor Control Act 1988. 4 78. Section 96 amended 5 In section 96(3) after "section 164" insert: 6 7 or 165A 8 9 79. Section 164 amended 10 In section 164(1): 11 (a) delete paragraph (a); 12 (b) delete "each" and insert: 13 14 the manager 15 16 80. Section 165A inserted 17 After section 164 insert: 18 19 165A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 20 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 21 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 22 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 23 Table. 24 Table s. 37A s. 77(1) s. 100(2), (2a) and (8) s. 101(3) page 30 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Litter Act 1979 amended Division 32 s. 81 s. 102(1) s. 104(1) s. 106(1) and (3) s. 109(4A) s. 110(1), (2), (3) and (7) s. 115(1) and (2) s. 117(7) s. 119A(5) s. 121(1) and (2) s. 122(2) s. 126D(2) s. 152M s. 154(3) 1 2 81. Section 167 amended 3 In section 167(2)(b) delete "section 101, 164 or 165" and insert: 4 5 section 101, 164, 165A or 165 6 7 Division 32 -- Litter Act 1979 amended 8 82. Act amended 9 This Division amends the Litter Act 1979. 10 83. Section 24C deleted 11 Delete section 24C. 12 Division 33 -- Major Events (Aerial Advertising) 13 Act 2009 amended 14 84. Act amended 15 This Division amends the Major Events (Aerial Advertising) 16 Act 2009. page 31 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 34 Marketing of Potatoes Act 1946 amended s. 85 1 85. Section 3 amended 2 In section 3 delete the definition of officer. 3 86. Section 16 replaced 4 Delete section 16 and insert: 5 6 16. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 7 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 8 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 9 applies to an offence under section 11(1). 10 11 Division 34 -- Marketing of Potatoes Act 1946 amended 12 87. Act amended 13 This Division amends the Marketing of Potatoes Act 1946. 14 88. Section 41A deleted 15 Delete section 41A. 16 Division 35 -- Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 amended 17 89. Act amended 18 This Division amends the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014. 19 90. Section 118 replaced 20 Delete section 118 and insert: 21 22 118. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 23 (1) The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 24 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) page 32 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority Act 2011 amended Division 36 s. 91 1 applies to an offence under a provision listed in 2 Table A. 3 Table A s. 13(1) and (4) s. 15(1) and (2) s. 19 s. 20(1) s. 23(1) and (2) s. 24(2) s. 54(1) s. 64 s. 106(1) s. 107(2) 4 (2) The Criminal Code section 44E (which provides for the 5 criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 6 applies to an offence under a provision listed in 7 Table B. 8 Table B s. 14(1), (2) and (4) s. 16(1), (2) and (3) s. 17 s. 18(1) and (2) s. 21(3) s. 22(1) s. 24(4) 9 10 Division 36 -- Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority 11 Act 2011 amended 12 91. Act amended 13 This Division amends the Metropolitan Redevelopment 14 Authority Act 2011. page 33 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 37 Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 amended s. 92 1 92. Section 129 deleted 2 Delete section 129. 3 Division 37 -- Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 amended 4 93. Act amended 5 This Division amends the Mines Safety and Inspection 6 Act 1994. 7 94. Section 4 amended 8 In section 4(4) delete "100A(2)(a)(iii)" and insert: 9 10 100(2)(b) 11 12 95. Sections 100 and 100A replaced 13 Delete sections 100 and 100A and insert: 14 15 100. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 16 (1) The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 17 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 18 applies to an offence under a provision listed in 19 Table A. 20 Table A s. 9A(2) s. 12A(2) s. 12C(2) s. 13A(2) s. 15(1) and (2) s. 15E(2) s. 15F(4) s. 29(4) page 34 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 amended Division 37 s. 95 s. 31A(1) s. 31AG(1) s. 31AJ(1) s. 31BM(5) s. 41(1) s. 68A(4) s. 68B(3) s. 75(3) s. 81(2) 1 (2) If -- 2 (a) a body corporate commits an offence under a 3 provision listed in Table B; and 4 (b) an officer of the body corporate (as defined in 5 The Criminal Code section 44B) knew that the 6 commission of the offence would be likely to 7 cause the death of, or serious harm to, a person 8 to whom a duty was owed, 9 The Criminal Code section 44C applies to the offence 10 in relation to that officer. 11 Table B s. 9A(1) s. 12A(1) s. 12C(1) s. 13A(1) s. 15E(1) 12 (3) If a body corporate commits an offence under a 13 provision listed in Table B to subsection (2) (the 14 principal offence) and subsection (2)(b) does not 15 apply -- 16 (a) The Criminal Code section 44C applies to the 17 principal offence; but page 35 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 38 Mining Act 1978 amended s. 96 1 (b) section 44C is modified so that an officer of the 2 body corporate is not liable to the penalty for 3 the principal offence but instead is liable to the 4 penalty for an offence under -- 5 (i) section 9A(2), if the principal offence is 6 under section 9A(1); 7 (ii) section 12A(2), if the principal offence 8 is under section 12A(1); 9 (iii) section 12C(2), if the principal offence 10 is under section 12C(1); 11 (iv) section 13A(2), if the principal offence 12 is under section 13A(1); 13 (v) section 15E(2), if the principal offence 14 is under section 15E(1). 15 16 Division 38 -- Mining Act 1978 amended 17 96. Act amended 18 This Division amends the Mining Act 1978. 19 97. Section 154 amended 20 Delete section 154(3). 21 98. Section 154A inserted 22 After section 154 insert: 23 24 154A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 25 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 26 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 27 applies to an offence under section 155(1). 28 page 36 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 amended Division 39 s. 99 1 Division 39 -- Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 amended 2 99. Act amended 3 This Division amends the Misuse of Drugs Act 1981. 4 100. Section 35 replaced 5 Delete section 35 and insert: 6 7 35. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 8 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 9 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 10 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 11 Table. 12 Table s. 5(1) s. 6(1) and (2) s. 7(1) and (2) s. 7A(1) and (3) s. 18(1) 13 14 Division 40 -- Nuclear Waste Storage and Transportation 15 (Prohibition) Act 1999 amended 16 101. Act amended 17 This Division amends the Nuclear Waste Storage and 18 Transportation (Prohibition) Act 1999. page 37 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 41 Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Act 1994 amended s. 102 1 102. Section 8 replaced 2 Delete section 8 and insert: 3 4 8. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 5 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 6 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 7 applies to an offence under section 7(2) or 7A(2). 8 9 Division 41 -- Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers 10 Act 1994 amended 11 103. Act amended 12 This Division amends the Pawnbrokers and Second-hand 13 Dealers Act 1994. 14 104. Section 89 amended 15 (1) Delete section 89(3). 16 (2) In section 89(4) delete "licensee and the defence available to an 17 officer under subsection (3) is not available to an officer who is 18 also the licensee." and insert: 19 20 licensee. 21 22 Note: The heading to amended section 89 is to read: 23 Liability of partners and bodies corporate 24 Division 42 -- Pearling Act 1990 amended 25 105. Act amended 26 This Division amends the Pearling Act 1990. page 38 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Perry Lakes Redevelopment Act 2005 amended Division 43 s. 106 1 106. Section 56 replaced 2 Delete section 56 and insert: 3 4 56. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 5 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 6 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 7 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 8 Table. 9 Table s. 7(2) s. 8(2) s. 12(4) s. 16 s. 19(2) s. 20 s. 21(1) 10 11 Division 43 -- Perry Lakes Redevelopment Act 2005 amended 12 107. Act amended 13 This Division amends the Perry Lakes Redevelopment Act 2005. 14 108. Section 50 deleted 15 Delete section 50. 16 Division 44 -- Pharmacy Act 2010 amended 17 109. Act amended 18 This Division amends the Pharmacy Act 2010. page 39 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 45 Radiation Safety Act 1975 amended s. 110 1 110. Section 71 replaced 2 Delete section 71 and insert: 3 4 71. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 5 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 6 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 7 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 8 Table. 9 Table s. 52 s. 53 s. 54(1) s. 55(2) and (5) s. 56(4) s. 57 s. 59 s. 60 s. 64(1) 10 11 Division 45 -- Radiation Safety Act 1975 amended 12 111. Act amended 13 This Division amends the Radiation Safety Act 1975. 14 112. Section 56 amended 15 Delete section 56(4). page 40 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Rail Safety Act 2010 amended Division 46 s. 113 1 113. Section 57A inserted 2 After section 56 insert: 3 4 57A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 5 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 6 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 7 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 8 Table. 9 Table s. 25(1) s. 28(4) s. 36(3) s. 46(5) s. 52(1) for a s. 52(2) contravention of s. 48(1) 10 11 Division 46 -- Rail Safety Act 2010 amended 12 114. Act amended 13 This Division amends the Rail Safety Act 2010. 14 115. Section 189 amended 15 (1) In section 189(1) delete the definition of officer. 16 (2) Delete section 189(2). 17 (3) In section 189(5) delete "Subsections (2), (3) and (4)" and 18 insert: 19 20 Subsections (3) and (4) 21 page 41 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 47 Retail Trading Hours Act 1987 amended s. 116 1 (4) In section 189(7) delete "body corporate or other". 2 (5) Delete section 189(9)(a). 3 Note: The heading to amended section 189 is to read: 4 Offences relating to partnerships, associations and employees 5 116. Section 190A inserted 6 At the end of Part 8 Division 1 insert: 7 8 190A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 9 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 10 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 11 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 12 Table. 13 Table s. 28(1) s. 29(2) s. 30(1) and (2) s. 32(1) 14 15 Division 47 -- Retail Trading Hours Act 1987 amended 16 117. Act amended 17 This Division amends the Retail Trading Hours Act 1987. 18 118. Section 34 deleted 19 Delete section 34. 20 Division 48 -- Retirement Villages Act 1992 amended 21 119. Act amended 22 This Division amends the Retirement Villages Act 1992. page 42 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996 Division 49 amended s. 120 1 120. Section 79 replaced 2 Delete section 79 and insert: 3 4 79. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 5 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 6 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 7 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 8 Table. 9 Table s. 6(3) s. 13(2), (3) and (5) s. 14A(2) s. 15(1), (4) and (5) s. 16(1) and (2) s. 18(2A), (3) and (5) s. 23(6) s. 24(9) s. 25(1) s. 75F(2) s. 75H(3) and (5) s. 75(6) 10 11 Division 49 -- Security and Related Activities (Control) 12 Act 1996 amended 13 121. Act amended 14 This Division amends the Security and Related Activities 15 (Control) Act 1996. 16 122. Section 88A amended 17 In section 88A(1) delete "section 89, 90" and insert: 18 19 section 89 20 page 43 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 50 Surveillance Devices Act 1998 amended s. 123 1 123. Section 89 amended 2 In section 89(3) delete "licensee and the defence available to an 3 officer under section 90 is not available to an officer who is also 4 the licensee." and insert: 5 6 licensee. 7 8 124. Section 90 deleted 9 Delete section 90. 10 Division 50 -- Surveillance Devices Act 1998 amended 11 125. Act amended 12 This Division amends the Surveillance Devices Act 1998. 13 126. Section 39 deleted 14 Delete section 39. 15 Division 51 -- Swan and Canning Rivers Management 16 Act 2006 amended 17 127. Act amended 18 This Division amends the Swan and Canning Rivers 19 Management Act 2006. 20 128. Section 121 amended 21 Delete section 121(1) to (3). 22 Note: The heading to amended section 121 is to read: 23 Establishing state of mind of body corporate page 44 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Taxation Administration Act 2003 amended Division 52 s. 129 1 129. Section 122A inserted 2 At the end of Part 8 Division 1 insert: 3 4 122A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 5 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 6 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 7 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 8 Table. 9 Table s. 30(3) s. 32(5) s. 70(1) and (2) s. 71(1) s. 88 s. 101 s. 116(4) 10 11 Division 52 -- Taxation Administration Act 2003 amended 12 130. Act amended 13 This Division amends the Taxation Administration Act 2003. 14 131. Section 109 replaced 15 Delete section 109 and insert: 16 17 109. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 18 (1) The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 19 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 20 applies to an offence under a provision of a taxation 21 Act listed in the 2nd column of the Table to this section. page 45 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 52 Taxation Administration Act 2003 amended s. 131 1 (2) The Criminal Code section 44E (which provides for the 2 criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 3 applies to an offence under a provision of a taxation 4 Act listed in the 3rd column of the Table to this section. 5 Table Taxation Act Criminal Code Criminal Code s. 44C s. 44E Duties Act 2008 s. 22(1) s. 23(1) s. 31(5) s. 105(2) s. 123(2) s. 204 s. 217(2) s. 220(4) and (5) s. 223(2) s. 227(1) and (2) s. 234(1) and (3) s. 239(2) s. 249(1) s. 252(1) and (3) s. 256 s. 264(4) s. 276(1) and (3) s. 277(2) s. 280(2) page 46 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Taxation Administration Act 2003 amended Division 52 s. 131 Taxation Act Criminal Code Criminal Code s. 44C s. 44E
and Tax s. 9A Assessment s. 28(5) Act 2002 Pay-roll Tax s. 24(1) and (2) Assessment s. 26 Act 2002 s. 27 s. 28(2) s. 29(8) and (9) s. 44(1) and (2) Stamp Act 1921 s. 17A(4) s. 26(1) and (3) s. 17B(1) s. 75JG(3) s. 17BA(1), (2), (3) and (5) s. 28(1) s. 31B(1) and (10) s. 31C(1) s. 35(2) s. 63AE(1) s. 63AJ(1) s. 73D(2) s. 73DAA(1) s. 73DE(1) s. 75HA(3) s. 76AG(1) page 47 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 52 Taxation Administration Act 2003 amended s. 131 Taxation Act Criminal Code Criminal Code s. 44C s. 44E s. 76AN(1) s. 76AT(16) s. 76ATG(15) s. 76E(3) s. 76G s. 76H(1) and (2) s. 76I(1) s. 76J(1) s. 76N s. 77A(1) and (5) s. 86(4) s. 93 s. 94(1) and (3) s. 95A(1) s. 96B(1) and (2) s. 112J(2) s. 112L(1) and (3) s. 112M(1) and (2) s. 112MA(1) s. 112MB(3) s. 112NB(6) s. 112NC page 48 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Tobacco Products Control Act 2006 amended Division 53 s. 132 Taxation Act Criminal Code Criminal Code s. 44C s. 44E Taxation s. 21(3) s. 51 Administration s. 50(3) s. 90 Act 2003 s. 52(4) s. 94(5) s. 55(5) s. 103(9) s. 65(7) s. 106(1) s. 87 s. 107(1) s. 89(3) s. 114(2) 1 2 Division 53 -- Tobacco Products Control Act 2006 amended 3 132. Act amended 4 This Division amends the Tobacco Products Control Act 2006. 5 133. Section 109 replaced 6 Delete section 109 and insert: 7 8 109. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 9 (1) The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 10 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 11 applies to an offence under a provision listed in 12 Table A. 13 Table A s. 6 s. 8(1) and (2) s. 9 s. 10 s. 11 s. 16(1) page 49 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 54 Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 amended s. 134 s. 17 s. 18 s. 19 s. 20(1) s. 21 s. 22(1) s. 24(1) and (2) s. 25(1), (2), (3) s. 26(2) and (3) and (4) s. 27(1) and (2) s. 28(2) and (3) s. 29 s. 30(1) s. 34 s. 50(5) s. 51 s. 57(1), (3) s. 58(1) and (2) and (5) s. 90(1) and (2) s. 103(1) and (2) s. 104 s. 105 s. 106 s. 107F(2) 1 (2) The Criminal Code section 44E (which provides for the 2 criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 3 applies to an offence under a provision listed in 4 Table B. 5 Table B s. 31(1), (2), (3) and (4) s. 33(1) s. 35(2) and (3) 6 7 134. Glossary amended 8 In the Glossary clause 1 delete the definition of officer. 9 Division 54 -- Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 amended 10 135. Act amended 11 This Division amends the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966. page 50 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Unauthorised Documents Act 1961 amended Division 55 s. 136 1 136. Section 55A deleted 2 Delete section 55A. 3 Division 55 -- Unauthorised Documents Act 1961 amended 4 137. Act amended 5 This Division amends the Unauthorised Documents Act 1961. 6 138. Section 6 deleted 7 Delete section 6. 8 Division 56 -- Veterinary Chemical Control and Animal Feeding 9 Stuffs Act 1976 amended 10 139. Act amended 11 This Division amends the Veterinary Chemical Control and 12 Animal Feeding Stuffs Act 1976. 13 140. Section 61 amended 14 Delete section 61(1). 15 Note: The heading to amended section 61 is to read: 16 Vicarious liability for sales 17 141. Section 62A inserted 18 After section 61 insert: 19 20 62A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 21 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 22 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 23 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 24 Table. page 51 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 57 Water Services Act 2012 amended s. 142 1 Table s. 11(1) and (2) s. 13(1) and (2) s. 14(2) s. 36D s. 53 2 3 Division 57 -- Water Services Act 2012 amended 4 142. Act amended 5 This Division amends the Water Services Act 2012. 6 143. Section 196 replaced 7 Delete section 196 and insert: 8 9 196. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 10 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 11 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 12 applies to an offence under a provision listed in the 13 Table. 14 Table s. 5(1) s. 88(1) s. 89(1) and (2) s. 99(1) s. 102(1) 15 page 52 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Amendments to other Acts Part 3 Waterways Conservation Act 1976 amended Division 58 s. 144 1 Division 58 -- Waterways Conservation Act 1976 amended 2 144. Act amended 3 This Division amends the Waterways Conservation Act 1976. 4 145. Section 73 amended 5 Delete section 73(1). 6 Division 59 -- Western Australian Products Symbol 7 Act 1972 amended 8 146. Act amended 9 This Division amends the Western Australian Products Symbol 10 Act 1972. 11 147. Section 13 deleted 12 Delete section 13. 13 Division 60 -- Workers' Compensation and Injury Management 14 Act 1981 amended 15 148. Act amended 16 This Division amends the Workers' Compensation and Injury 17 Management Act 1981. 18 149. Section 170 amended 19 (1) In section 170(2b) delete "amount, whether or not the 20 responsible officer has been convicted under subsection (5)." 21 and insert: 22 23 amount. 24 page 53 Directors' Liability Reform Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendments to other Acts Division 60 Workers' Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 amended s. 150 1 (2) Delete section 170(5) and (6) and insert: 2 3 (6) In subsections (2b) and (2c) -- 4 responsible officer, in relation to the commission of an 5 offence by a body corporate, means a person who is 6 convicted of that offence in accordance with 7 The Criminal Code section 44C. 8 9 150. Section 171A inserted 10 After section 170 insert: 11 12 171A. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate 13 The Criminal Code section 44C (which provides for 14 the criminal liability of officers of a body corporate) 15 applies to an offence under section 170(1). 16 17 17
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