Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00490:section:218
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00490
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 218
Character Range: 318290–319391

218  Reasonable steps to prevent contravention
 (1) For the purposes of section 217, in determining whether an executive officer of a body corporate failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent a contravention, a court may have regard to all relevant matters, including:
 (a) what action (if any) the officer took directed towards ensuring the following (to the extent that the action is relevant to the contravention):
 (i) that the body corporate arranges regular professional assessments of the body corporate's compliance with civil penalty provisions;
 (ii) that the body corporate implements any appropriate recommendations arising from such an assessment;
 (iii) that the body corporate's employees, agents and contractors have a reasonable knowledge and understanding of the requirements to comply with civil penalty provisions in so far as those requirements affect the employees, agents or contractors concerned; and
 (b) what action (if any) the officer took when he or she became aware of the contravention.
 (2) This section does not limit section 217.

Part 21—Civil penalty orders