Western Australian Current Acts

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS ACT 1997 - SECT 31

31 .         Officers or partners of persons to whom scheme applies

        (1)         If a scheme applies to a body corporate, the scheme also applies to each officer of the body corporate.

        (2)         If a scheme applies to a person, the scheme also applies to each partner of the person.

        (3)         However, if an officer of a body corporate or a partner of a person is entitled to be a member of the same occupational association as the body corporate or person, but is not a member, the scheme does not apply to that officer or partner.

        (4)         In this section —

        officer —

            (a)         in relation to a body corporate that is a corporation as defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) section 57A, has the meaning given in section 9 of that Act; and

            (b)         in relation to a body corporate that is not a corporation as so defined, means any person (by whatever name called) who is concerned in or takes part in the management of the body corporate.

        [Section 31 inserted: No. 25 of 2004 s. 12; amended: No. 3 of 2010 s. 26.]