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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Purpose 1
2 Commencement 1
3 Principal Act 2
4 Purpose of Principal Act 2
5 Definitions 2
6 Information booklet 3
7 Information booklet not required for short term engagements 4
8 New section 11A inserted 4
9 Information booklet to be given to tenderers 5
10 Contents and availability of information booklet 5
11 Publication of schedules 6
12 Provision of applicable schedule to contractor before
engagement 6
13 New section 16A inserted 7
14 Provision of applicable schedule to tenderers 8
15 Provision of revised schedule to contractor during engagement 9
16 Requirements for regulated contracts 9
17 New section 22A inserted 10
18 New section 24A inserted 10
19 Negotiating agents for contractors 11
20 New Division 6 inserted in Part 2 11
21 What alternative dispute resolution includes 12
22 Referral of disputes for alternative dispute resolution 12
23 Functions of the Small Business Commission under this Act 13
24 Establishment and functions of Transport Industry Council 13
25 Membership of Transport Industry Council 13
26 Establishment and functions of Forestry Industry Council 13
27 Membership of Forestry Industry Council 14
28 New Part 7A inserted 14
29 Consequential repeal of sections 62 and 63 26
30 Repeal of this Act 26
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1 General information 27
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Owner Drivers and Forestry
Contractors Amendment Act 2019†
No. 33 of 2019
[Assented to 17 September 2019]
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
1 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to make miscellaneous
amendments to the Owner Drivers and Forestry
Contractors Act 2005.
2 Commencement
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into
operation on a day or days to be proclaimed.
(2) If a provision of this Act does not come into
operation before 1 May 2020, it comes into
operation on that day.
Victoria
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3 Principal Act
In this Act, the Owner Drivers and Forestry
Contractors Act 2005 is called the Principal Act.
4 Purpose of Principal Act
(1) In section 1 of the Principal Act, for
"The purpose" substitute "The main
purpose".
(2) At the end of section 1 of the Principal
Act insert—
"(2) A further purpose of this Act is to promote—
(a) best practice in the transport industry
and forestry industry in relation to
the engagement of owner drivers and
forestry contractors; and
(b) education and training for owner
drivers and forestry contractors.".
5 Definitions
(1) Insert the following definitions in section 3 of
the Principal Act—
"authorised officer means a person appointed
under section 60A;
Secretary means Secretary to the Department
of Premier and Cabinet;".
(2) Insert the following definitions in section 3 of the
Principal Act—
"applicable rates and costs schedule in relation
to a contractor, means the most recently
published rates and costs schedule applicable
to the contractor and the relevant class of
vehicle or motorised equipment;
excavation work means work that involves the
removal of soil or rock from a site to form
an open face, hole or cavity;
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tip truck driver means a contractor who drives a
tip truck in connection with excavation work
in the building and construction industry;".
(3) In section 3 of the Principal Act—
(a) the definition of freight broker is repealed;
(b) insert the following definition—
"freight broker means a broker or agent in
the business of procuring or arranging
the engagement of contractors by
hirers, including a person who provides
an online platform that facilitates the
engagement of contractors by hirers;".
6 Information booklet
(1) At the foot of section 10(1) and (2) of the
Principal Act insert—
"Penalty: 25 penalty units in the case of a body
corporate;
5 penalty units in any other case.".
(2) After section 10(2) of the Principal Act insert—
"(3) This section does not apply in relation to
the engagement of a tip truck driver.".
(3) For the note at the foot of section 10 of the
Principal Act substitute—
"Notes
1 See section 26A for the manner of giving an
information booklet to a contractor.
2 Section 60P applies to an offence against
subsection (1) or (2).
3 A failure to comply with this section may also
result in the Tribunal making an order under
section 45 regarding payment to the contractor.".
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7 Information booklet not required for short term
engagements
(1) In section 11(3) of the Principal Act, after
"subsection (2)" insert ", unless the information
booklet is revised".
(2) After section 11(3) of the Principal Act insert—
"(4) This section does not apply in relation to
the engagement of a tip truck driver.".
8 New section 11A inserted
After section 11 of the Principal Act insert—
"11A Information booklet for tip truck drivers
(1) A hirer who intends to engage a tip truck
driver (otherwise than through a freight
broker) must give the tip truck driver an
information booklet that complies with
section 13(1) at least 3 business days before
the hirer engages the tip truck driver.
Penalty: 25 penalty units in the case of a
body corporate;
5 penalty units in any other case.
(2) A freight broker who procures or arranges
the engagement of a tip truck driver by a
hirer must give the tip truck driver an
information booklet that complies with
section 13(1) at least 3 business days
before the tip truck driver is engaged.
Penalty: 25 penalty units in the case of a
body corporate;
5 penalty units in any other case.
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(3) An information booklet is not required to be
given more than once under subsection (1)
or (2) unless the information booklet has
been revised after it was last given to the tip
truck driver.
Notes
1 See section 26A for the manner of giving an
information booklet to a tip truck driver.
2 Section 60P applies to an offence against
subsection (1) or (2).
3 A failure to comply with this section may also result
in the Tribunal making an order under section 45
regarding payment to the tip truck driver.".
9 Information booklet to be given to tenderers
(1) At the foot of section 12(2) of the Principal Act
insert—
"Penalty: 25 penalty units in the case of a body
corporate;
5 penalty units in any other case.".
(2) For the note at the foot of section 12 of the
Principal Act substitute—
"Notes
1 See section 26A for the manner of giving an
information booklet to a contractor.
2 Section 60P applies to an offence against
subsection (2).
3 A failure to comply with this section may also result
in the Tribunal making an order under section 45
regarding payment to the contractor.".
10 Contents and availability of information booklet
In section 13(2) of the Principal Act omit "to the
Department administered by the Minister".
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11 Publication of schedules
In section 15(2) of the Principal Act omit "to the
Department administered by the Minister".
12 Provision of applicable schedule to contractor
before engagement
(1) In section 16(1) of the Principal Act, for
"most recently published rates and costs
schedule applicable to that contractor and
the relevant class of vehicle or motorised
equipment" substitute "applicable rates
and costs schedule".
(2) At the foot of section 16(1) of the Principal
Act insert—
"Penalty: 25 penalty units in the case of a
body corporate;
5 penalty units in any other case.".
(3) In section 16(2) of the Principal Act, for
"most recently published rates and costs
schedule applicable to the contractor and
the relevant class of vehicle or motorised
equipment" substitute "applicable rates
and costs schedule".
(4) At the foot of section 16(2) of the Principal
Act insert—
"Penalty: 25 penalty units in the case of a
body corporate;
5 penalty units in any other case.".
(5) For section 16(3) of the Principal Act
substitute—
"(3) Subsection (1) or (2) does not apply—
(a) to the second or subsequent
engagement of a contractor by
the same hirer or through the
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same freight broker if the interval
between engagements does not
exceed 12 months; or
(b) if the contractor is engaged for a
period of less than 30 days.".
(6) After section 16(4) of the Principal Act insert—
"(5) This section does not apply in relation to
the engagement of a tip truck driver.".
(7) For the note at the foot of section 16 of the
Principal Act substitute—
"Notes
1 See section 26A for the manner of giving a rates and
costs schedule to a contractor.
2 Section 60P applies to an offence against subsection (1)
or (2).
3 A failure to comply with this section may also result
in the Tribunal making an order under section 45
regarding payment to the contractor.".
13 New section 16A inserted
After section 16 of the Principal Act insert—
"16A Provision of applicable schedule to tip
truck driver
(1) A hirer who engages or intends to engage a
tip truck driver (other than through a freight
broker) must give the tip truck driver a copy
of the applicable rates and costs schedule at
least 3 business days before the tip truck
driver is engaged.
Penalty: 25 penalty units in the case of a
body corporate;
5 penalty units in any other case.
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(2) A freight broker who procures or arranges
the engagement of a tip truck driver by a
hirer must give the tip truck driver a copy
of the applicable rates and costs schedule
at least 3 business days before the tip truck
driver is engaged.
Penalty: 25 penalty units in the case of a
body corporate;
5 penalty units in any other case.
(3) Subsection (1) or (2) does not apply to the
second or subsequent engagement of a tip
truck driver by the same hirer or through the
same freight broker if the interval between
engagements does not exceed 12 months.
Notes
1 See section 26A for the manner of giving a rates and
costs schedule to a tip truck driver.
2 Section 60P applies to an offence against subsection (1)
or (2).
3 A failure to comply with this section may also result
in the Tribunal making an order under section 45
regarding payment to the tip truck driver.".
14 Provision of applicable schedule to tenderers
(1) At the foot of section 17(2) of the Principal Act
insert—
"Penalty: 25 penalty units in the case of a body
corporate;
5 penalty units in any other case.".
(2) For the note at the foot of section 17 of the
Principal Act substitute—
"Notes
1 See section 26A for the manner of giving a rates and
costs schedule to a contractor.
2 Section 60P applies to an offence against
subsection (2).
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3 A failure to comply with this section may also result
in the Tribunal making an order under section 45
regarding payment to the contractor.".
15 Provision of revised schedule to contractor during
engagement
(1) For section 18(5) of the Principal Act
substitute—
"(5) Subsections (3) and (4) do not apply
in relation to a tip truck driver.".
(2) For the note at the foot of section 18 of the
Principal Act substitute—
"Notes
1 See section 26A for the manner of giving a rates
and costs schedule to a contractor.
2 A failure to comply with this section may result
in the Tribunal making an order under section 45
regarding payment to the contractor.".
16 Requirements for regulated contracts
At the end of section 20 of the Principal Act
insert—
"(2) A hirer must not enter into a regulated
contract that does not comply with
subsection (1).
Penalty: 25 penalty units in the case of
a body corporate;
5 penalty units in any other case.
Note
Section 60P applies to an offence against this
subsection.".
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17 New section 22A inserted
After section 22 of the Principal Act insert—
"22A Offence not to give minimum period of
notice or payment in lieu
A hirer must not terminate the engagement
of a contractor without giving the contractor
the minimum period of notice of termination
required by section 21 or paying the
contractor in lieu of notice under section 22.
Penalty: 25 penalty units in the case of a
body corporate;
5 penalty units in any other case.
Note
Section 60P applies to an offence against this section.".
18 New section 24A inserted
After section 24 of the Principal Act insert—
"24A Payment of invoices
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a hirer must pay
an amount payable to a contractor under
a regulated contract within 30 days after
receipt of an invoice from the contractor
in relation to the amount.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if—
(a) there is a dispute over the amount
payable; or
(b) the hirer and the contractor agree to a
different period for payment and that
period is not unfair to one of the
parties.".
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19 Negotiating agents for contractors
After section 25(5) of the Principal Act insert—
"(6) To avoid doubt, a contractor may be offered
a regulated contract on terms and conditions
negotiated under this section whether or not
the contractor appointed, or was a member
of the group that appointed, the negotiating
agent who negotiated those terms and
conditions.".
20 New Division 6 inserted in Part 2
After Division 5 of Part 2 of the Principal Act
insert—
"Division 6—General
26A Manner of giving information
(1) If a hirer or freight broker is required under
this Part to give an information booklet or
rates and costs schedule to a contractor, the
hirer or freight broker may do so by sending
the contractor a link to an Internet site on
which the information booklet or rates and
costs schedule is available.
(2) Subsection (1) does not limit the manner in
which a hirer or freight broker may give an
information booklet or rates and costs
schedule to a contractor under this Part.
Example
The hirer or freight broker might give the contractor
an information booklet or rates and costs schedule
in person or by mail, or by electronic communication
under the Electronic Transactions (Victoria)
Act 2000.".
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21 What alternative dispute resolution includes
(1) In section 34(2) of the Principal Act—
(a) in paragraph (a), after "mediation" insert
"and arbitration";
(b) for paragraph (b) substitute—
"(b) a reference to a person conducting
alternative dispute resolution includes
a reference to—
(i) a mediator conducting mediation;
and
(ii) an arbitrator conducting
arbitration.".
(2) After section 34(2) of the Principal Act insert—
"(3) The Commercial Arbitration Act 2011
does not apply to an arbitration conducted
under this Division.".
22 Referral of disputes for alternative dispute
resolution
(1) After section 35(3)(a) of the Principal Act
insert—
"(ab) arbitration by an arbitrator; or".
(2) After section 35(3) of the Principal Act insert—
"(4) If the parties to alternative dispute resolution
agree, the Commission may arrange for the
dispute to be the subject of a different form
of alternative dispute resolution.
Example
The parties to a dispute that is the subject
of mediation may agree to the dispute being
arbitrated, in which case the Commission may
make the necessary arrangements accordingly.".
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23 Functions of the Small Business Commission under
this Act
In section 54 of the Principal Act—
(a) in subsection (1)(a), for "or by" substitute
"arbitration or";
(b) in subsection (2), after "mediation" insert
", arbitration";
(c) in subsection (3), for "or other" substitute
", an arbitration or another".
24 Establishment and functions of Transport Industry
Council
In section 55(3) of the Principal Act—
(a) in paragraph (d)(ii), for "other." substitute
"other;";
(b) after paragraph (d) insert—
"(e) to advise and make recommendations
to the Minister on promoting—
(i) best practice in the transport
industry in relation to the
engagement of owner drivers;
and
(ii) education and training for owner
drivers.".
25 Membership of Transport Industry Council
In section 56(1)(c)(i) of the Principal Act omit
"Employers'".
26 Establishment and functions of Forestry Industry
Council
In section 58(3) of the Principal Act—
(a) in paragraph (d)(ii), for "other." substitute
"other;";
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(b) after paragraph (d) insert—
"(e) to advise and make recommendations
to the Minister on promoting—
(i) best practice in the forestry
industry in relation to the
engagement of forestry
contractors; and
(ii) education and training for forestry
contractors.".
27 Membership of Forestry Industry Council
In section 59(1)(b) of the Principal Act omit
"to the Department of Economic Development,
Jobs, Transport and Resources".
28 New Part 7A inserted
After Part 7 of the Principal Act insert—
"Part 7A—Compliance and
enforcement
Division 1—Authorised officers
60A Appointment of authorised officers
The Secretary may, by instrument, appoint
a person employed under Part 3 of the
Public Administration Act 2004 to be an
authorised officer for the purposes of this
Act.
60B Identity cards
(1) The Secretary must issue an identity card
to each authorised officer containing a
photograph of the authorised officer and
the authorised officer's signature.
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(2) An authorised officer must produce their
identity card for inspection—
(a) before exercising a power under this
Part, other than a power exercised by
way of post, e-mail or other electronic
communication; and
(b) at any time during the exercise of a
power under this Part, if asked to do
so.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(3) If a person to whom an identity card has
been issued ceases to be an authorised
officer, the person must return the identity
card to the Secretary within 14 days of
ceasing to be an authorised officer unless
the person unintentionally lost or destroyed
the identity card or the identity card was
destroyed by another person.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
60C Authorised officers subject to Secretary's
directions
(1) An authorised officer is subject to the
Secretary's directions in the performance
of the authorised officer's functions or
exercise of the authorised officer's powers
under this Act or the regulations.
(2) A direction under subsection (1) may be of
a general nature or may relate to a specified
matter or specified class of matter.
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Division 2—Powers of authorised
officers
60D When may powers be exercised?
An authorised officer may exercise powers
under this Part only to the extent that it is
reasonably necessary to do so for the purpose
of—
(a) providing information to contractors
and hirers about the operation of this
Act and the regulations; or
(b) monitoring compliance with this Act
or the regulations; or
(c) investigating possible contraventions
of this Act or the regulations; or
(d) performing any other function or
exercising any other power of the
authorised officer under this Act
or the regulations.
60E Power to require information or
documents
(1) For a purpose referred to in section 60D,
an authorised officer may by written notice
require a person, within a reasonable period
specified in the notice—
(a) to give the authorised officer any
information that the authorised officer
requires; or
(b) to produce to the authorised officer a
document in the custody or control of
the person.
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(2) A notice under subsection (1) must—
(a) warn the person that a refusal or failure
to comply with the notice, without
reasonable excuse, is an offence; and
(b) if directed to a natural person, inform
the person that the person may refuse
or fail to produce documents or give
information if producing the document
or giving the information would tend to
incriminate the person.
(3) An authorised officer may inspect, and make
copies of or take extracts from, a document
produced to the authorised officer under
subsection (1).
60F Entry and inspection of premises
(1) For a purpose referred to in section 60D, an
authorised officer may—
(a) enter premises with the consent of the
occupier of the premises; and
(b) inspect anything on the premises; and
(c) interview any person on the premises;
and
(d) require a person on the premises
who has the custody of, or access to,
a document to produce the document
to the authorised officer within a
reasonable period specified by the
officer; and
(e) inspect, and make copies of or take
extracts from, a document produced
to the authorised officer.
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(2) An authorised officer must not enter
premises under this section unless, before
the occupier consents to that entry, the
authorised officer—
(a) has produced the authorised officer's
identity card for inspection; and
(b) has informed the occupier of the
purpose of the entry and that the
occupier may refuse to give consent
to the entry.
(3) If an occupier consents to an entry, the
authorised officer who requested consent
must, before entering the premises, ask the
occupier to sign an acknowledgement stating
that the authorised officer has complied with
the requirements of subsection (2).
(4) An occupier who signs an acknowledgement
under subsection (3) must be given a copy
of the signed acknowledgement before the
authorised officer leaves the premises.
(5) An authorised officer who enters premises
under this section must not remain on the
premises any longer than is reasonably
necessary to perform functions or exercise
powers under this Part.
60G Retention of documents
(1) An authorised officer may retain a document
produced to the authorised officer for the
period necessary for the purpose of
performing functions or exercising powers
under this Part.
(2) During the period that the authorised officer
retains a document, the authorised officer
must permit the person otherwise entitled to
its possession to inspect it and make copies
of or take extracts from it.
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Division 3—Offences and enforcement
60H Failing to produce documents or giving
false or misleading documents
(1) A person must not, without reasonable
excuse, fail to comply with—
(a) a notice to produce documents or give
information under section 60E; or
(b) a requirement to produce documents
under section 60F(1)(d).
Penalty: 100 penalty units in the case of a
body corporate;
60 penalty units in any other case.
Note
Section 60P applies to an offence against this
subsection.
(2) A person must not produce a document to
an authorised officer under section 60E
or 60F(1)(d) that the person knows to be
false or misleading in a material particular
without indicating the respect in which it
is false or misleading and, if practicable,
providing the correct information.
Penalty: 100 penalty units in the case of a
body corporate;
60 penalty units in any other case.
Note
Section 60P applies to an offence against this
subsection.
60I Protection against self-incrimination
It is a reasonable excuse for a natural person
to refuse or fail to give information, produce
a document or do any other thing that the
person is required to do by or under this Act,
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if the giving of the information, production
of the document or doing of the thing would
tend to incriminate the person.
60J Confidentiality
(1) An authorised officer must not give to any
other person any information acquired by the
authorised officer in performing a function
or exercising a power under this Part.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the giving
of information—
(a) to the extent necessary for the
authorised officer to perform functions
or exercise powers under this Part; or
(b) to a court or the Tribunal in the course
of legal proceedings; or
(c) under an order of a court or the
Tribunal; or
(d) to the extent reasonably required to
enable the investigation or enforcement
of a law of Victoria or of any other
State, a Territory or the
Commonwealth; or
(e) with the written consent of the person
to whom the information relates.
60K Who can prosecute under this Act?
(1) A prosecution for an offence against this Act
may only be brought by—
(a) the Secretary; or
(b) a person employed under Part 3 of the
Public Administration Act 2004 who
is authorised by the Secretary to bring a
prosecution.
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(2) An authorisation under subsection (1)(b)—
(a) must be in writing; and
(b) may be given generally, or only in
relation to a particular case or cases, or
a particular class of case or cases; and
(c) may be revoked by the Secretary at any
time by written notice.
(3) The revocation of an authorisation does
not affect a proceeding commenced by a
person before that person's authorisation
was revoked unless the notice of revocation
states otherwise.
(4) In a prosecution for an offence under
this Act, the court must presume, in the
absence of evidence to the contrary, that
the prosecutor is authorised to bring the
prosecution.
(5) A prosecution may only be conducted by—
(a) the Secretary; or
(b) the person authorised under
subsection (1)(b) to bring the
prosecution; or
(c) an Australian lawyer briefed by the
Secretary or the person authorised to
bring the prosecution.
60L Judicial notice of signatures
All courts must take judicial notice of—
(a) the signature of a person who is, or was
at the time the signature purports to
have been made, the Secretary or a
person referred to in section 60K(1)(b);
and
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(b) the fact that a person referred to in
paragraph (a) held the position the
person purported to hold at the time the
signature purports to have been made.
60M Proceedings for offences may be brought
in Industrial Division of the Magistrates'
Court
If a person is charged with an offence against
this Act, the charge may be heard, and all
penalties recovered, before the Industrial
Division of the Magistrates' Court.
60N Infringements
(1) An authorised officer may serve an
infringement notice on a person in respect of
a prescribed offence if the authorised officer
has reason to believe that the person
committed the offence.
(2) An offence prescribed under subsection (1)
is an infringement offence within the
meaning of the Fines Reform Act 2014.
(3) The infringement penalty for an offence
referred to in subsection (1) is the prescribed
penalty for the offence.
60O Imputing conduct to bodies corporate
(1) For the purposes of this Act, any conduct
engaged in or on behalf of a body corporate
by an employee, agent or officer of the body
corporate acting within the actual or apparent
scope of employment or apparent authority
of the employee, agent or officer, is taken to
be conduct also engaged in by the body
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(2) If, in any proceedings under this Act, it is
necessary to establish the state of mind of
a body corporate in relation to particular
conduct, it is sufficient to show—
(a) that the conduct was engaged in by
an officer or employee of the body
corporate within the scope of the
officer's or employee's actual or
apparent authority and the officer or
employee had that state of mind; or
(b) that the conduct was engaged in by an
agent of the body corporate and—
(i) the agent acted at the specific
direction or with the specific
consent or agreement of the
body corporate; or
(ii) the agent had that state of mind; or
(iii) the body corporate was aware of
the agent's state of mind when the
conduct was engaged in.
(3) A reference in this section to the state of
mind of a person includes a reference to
the knowledge, intention, opinion, belief
or purpose of the person and the person's
reasons for the intention, opinion, belief
or purpose.
(4) In this section, officer has the same meaning
given by section 9 of the Corporations Act.
60P Criminal liability of officers of bodies
corporate—accessorial liability
(1) If a body corporate commits an offence
against a provision specified in
subsection (2), an officer of the body
corporate also commits an offence against
the provision if the officer—
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(a) authorised or permitted the commission
of the offence by the body corporate; or
(b) was knowingly concerned in any way
(whether by act or omission) in the
commission of the offence by the body
corporate.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the
following provisions are specified—
(a) section 10(1);
(b) section 10(2);
(c) section 11A(1);
(d) section 11A(2);
(e) section 12(2);
(f) section 16(1);
(g) section 16(2);
(h) section 16A(1);
(i) section 16A(2);
(j) section 17(2);
(k) section 20(2);
(l) section 22A;
(m) section 60H(1);
(n) section 60H(2).
(3) Without limiting any other defence available
to the officer, an officer of a body corporate
may rely on a defence that would be
available to the body corporate if it were
charged with the offence with which the
officer is charged and, in doing so, the
officer bears the same burden of proof that
the body corporate would bear.
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(4) An officer of a body corporate may commit
an offence against a provision specified
in subsection (2) whether or not the body
corporate has been prosecuted for, or found
guilty of, an offence against that provision.
(5) In this section—
body corporate has the same meaning as
corporation has in section 57A of the
Corporations Act;
officer, in relation to a body corporate,
means—
(a) a person who is an officer
(as defined by section 9 of the
Corporations Act) of the body
corporate; or
(b) a person (other than a person
referred to in paragraph (a)), by
whatever name called, who is
concerned in, or takes part in,
the management of the body
corporate.
(6) This section does not affect the operation of
Subdivision (1) of Division 1 of Part II of the
Crimes Act 1958.
60Q Imputing conduct to partners
(1) Subject to subsection (2), if a partnership,
or any partner on behalf of a partnership,
engages in any conduct, that conduct is,
for the purposes of this Act, taken to have
been engaged in by each partner.
(2) If conduct referred to in subsection (1)
constitutes an offence, subsection (1)
applies to a partner only if the partner—
(a) authorised or permitted the conduct; or
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(b) was knowingly concerned in any way
(whether by act or omission) in the
conduct.".
29 Consequential repeal of sections 62 and 63
Sections 62 and 63 of the Principal Act are
repealed.
30 Repeal of this Act
This Act is repealed on 1 May 2021.
Note
The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation
of the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the
Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).
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Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current
authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
† Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 1 May 2019
Legislative Council: 20 June 2019
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the
Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors Act 2005 and for other
purposes."
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