VET Student Loans Act 2016

PART 5 - OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVED COURSE PROVIDERS  

Division 6 - Personal liability for executive officers  

SECTION 66   REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT OFFENCE OR CONTRAVENTION  

66(1)    
For the purposes of section 65 , in determining whether an executive officer of an approved course provider failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent the commission of an offence, or the contravention of a civil penalty provision, a court is to have regard to:


(a) what action (if any) the officer took towards ensuring that the provider ' s employees, agents and contractors had a reasonable knowledge and understanding of the requirements to comply with this Act, in so far as those requirements affected the employees, agents or contractors concerned; and


(b) what action (if any) the officer took when he or she became aware of the offence or contravention.

66(2)    
This section does not limit the matters to which the court may have regard.


 

Disclaimer and notice of copyright applicable to materials provided by CCH Australia Limited

CCH Australia Limited ("CCH") believes that all information which it has provided in this site is accurate and reliable, but gives no warranty of accuracy or reliability of such information to the reader or any third party. The information provided by CCH is not legal or professional advice. To the extent permitted by law, no responsibility for damages or loss arising in any way out of or in connection with or incidental to any errors or omissions in any information provided is accepted by CCH or by persons involved in the preparation and provision of the information, whether arising from negligence or otherwise, from the use of or results obtained from information supplied by CCH.

The information provided by CCH includes history notes and other value-added features which are subject to CCH copyright. No CCH material may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except that you may download one copy for your personal use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. In particular, the reproduction of any part of the information for sale or incorporation in any product intended for sale is prohibited without CCH's prior consent.