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STATUTORY CORPORATIONS (LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS) ACT 1996 - SECT 19

19 .         Protection of directors

        (1)         A director does not contravene section 5, 9 or 10 by doing or omitting to do any thing — 

            (a)         if that thing is done or omitted in compliance with a lawful direction given by a Minister in exercise of a power conferred by a written law; and

            (b)         where the director was of the opinion that section 17(1)(a) applied to the direction, if he or she made reasonable efforts to cause the governing body to give notice to the Minister under that section.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not extend to the manner in which any thing is done or omitted if it is done or omitted in a manner that is contrary to section 9 or 10 and the direction did not require that it be done in that manner.



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