Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00134:section:57
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00134
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 57
Character Range: 401604–403138

57  Indemnification of directors of trustee from assets of entity
 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the governing rules of a superannuation entity may provide for a director of the trustee to be indemnified out of the assets of the entity in respect of a liability incurred while acting as a director of the trustee.
 (2) A provision of the governing rules of a superannuation entity is void in so far as it would have the effect of indemnifying a director of the trustee against:
 (a) a liability that arises because the director:
 (i) fails to act honestly in a matter concerning the entity; or
 (ii) intentionally or recklessly fails to exercise, in relation to a matter affecting the entity, the degree of care and diligence that the director is required to exercise; or
 (b) liability for an amount of a criminal, civil or administrative penalty incurred by the director in relation to a contravention of a law of the Commonwealth (including this Act); or
 (c) the payment of any amount payable under an infringement notice (however described) given under a law of the Commonwealth (including this Act); or
 (d) liability for the costs of undertaking a course of education in compliance with an education direction (within the meaning of this Act).
 (3) A director of the trustee of a superannuation entity may be indemnified out of the assets of the entity in accordance with provisions of the entity's governing rules that comply with this section.
 (4) This section has effect despite section 241 of the Corporations Act 2001.