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Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 12/45)
Character Range: 684464–687116

corporation include references to a person making available or giving, or authorising or permitting the making available or giving of, information as to the state of knowledge of that person with respect to the affairs of the corporation.
 (4) If information is made available or given to a person referred to in subparagraph (1)(a)(i) or (ii) or (2)(a)(i) or (ii) in response to a question asked by that person, the question and the information are to be considered together in determining whether the information was false or misleading.

Part 13‑2—General matters relating to offences

Division 566—General matters relating to offences

566‑1  Penalties for bodies corporate
  If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this Act, the penalty that the court may impose is a fine not exceeding 5 times the maximum amount that, but for this section, the court could impose as a pecuniary penalty for that offence.

566‑5  Penalty notices
 (1) If the Registrar has reason to believe that a person has committed a prescribed offence, the Registrar may, subject to subsection (3), give the person a written notice:
 (a) alleging that the person has committed the prescribed offence and giving the prescribed particulars in relation to the prescribed offence; and
 (b) setting out the prescribed penalty in respect of the prescribed offence; and
 (c) in the case of a prescribed offence constituted by a failure to do a particular act or thing—stating:
 (i) that the obligation to do the act or thing continues despite the service of the notice or the payment of the prescribed penalty; and
 (ii) that if, within the period specified in the notice (being a period of at least 21 days), the person pays the prescribed penalty to the Registrar and does the act or thing, no further action will be taken against the person in relation to the prescribed offence; and
 (iii) that if, at the end of the period specified in the notice, the person has not paid the prescribed penalty to the Registrar or has not done the act or thing, proceedings may be instituted against the person; and
 (d) in the case of a prescribed offence that is not constituted by a failure to do a particular act or thing—stating:
 (i) that if, within the period specified in the notice (being a period of at least 21 days), the person pays the prescribed penalty to the Registrar, no further action will be taken against the person in relation to the prescribed offence; and
 (ii) that if, at the end of the period specified in the notice, the person has not paid the prescribed penalty to the Registrar, proceedings may be instituted against the person.
 (2) A notice under