# Unincorporated associations—offences and civil penalties

> act-s140ZF — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

140ZF Unincorporated associations—offences and civil penalties
          (1) An offence against this Division that would otherwise be
              committed by an unincorporated association is taken to have been
              committed by each member of the association’s committee of
              management, at the time the offence is committed, who:
                (a) did the relevant act or made the relevant omission; or









                 (b) aided, abetted, counselled or procured the relevant act or
                     omission; or
                 (c) was in any way knowingly concerned in, or party to, the
                     relevant act or omission (whether directly or indirectly or
                     whether by any act or omission of the member).
          (2) A civil penalty provision of this Division that would otherwise be
              contravened by an unincorporated association is taken to have been
              contravened by each member of the association’s committee of
              management, at the time of the conduct constituting the
              contravention, who:
                (a) engaged in the conduct; or
               (b) aided, abetted, counselled or procured the conduct; or
                (c) was in any way knowingly concerned in, or party to, the
                    conduct (whether directly or indirectly or whether by any act
                    or omission of the member).
          (3) If a member of an unincorporated association’s committee of
              management contravenes a civil penalty provision, the civil penalty
              that may be imposed on the member must not exceed an amount
              equal to one-fifth of the maximum penalty that could be imposed
              on a body corporate for the same contravention.
          (4) For the purposes of subsection (1), to establish that an
              unincorporated association had a particular state of mind when it
              engaged in particular conduct, it is sufficient to show that a
              relevant member of the association’s committee of management
              had the relevant state of mind.