Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00014:section:252:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00014
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 252 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 1780124–1781487

notice given to or requisition made upon the public officer shall be deemed to be given to or made upon the company.
 (i) Any proceedings under this Act taken against the public officer shall be deemed to have been taken against the company, and the company shall be liable jointly with the public officer for any penalty imposed upon the officer.
 (2) A person is not capable of being a public officer of a company at a particular time unless the person:
 (a) is a natural person who has attained the age of 18 years; and
 (b) is ordinarily resident in Australia; and
 (c) is capable of understanding the nature of the person's appointment as the public officer of the company.
 (3) A company that contravenes paragraph (1)(d) commits, in respect of each day on which it contravenes that paragraph (including the day of a conviction of an offence against this subsection or any subsequent day), an offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding 1 penalty unit.
 (4) An offence under subsection (3) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (5) A reference in subsection (1) (other than in paragraph (a)) to this Act or the regulations includes a reference to Part III of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 to the extent to which that Part of that Act relates to this Act or the regulations.