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Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Enforcement, liability, and appeals - Miscellaneous - Accessories and attribution of liability

533: Involvement in contraventions

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"Helping someone do something wrong is against the law"

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You are involved in a contravention if you help someone do something wrong. This can happen if you aid, abet, counsel, or procure the contravention. You can also be involved if you induce someone to do something wrong.

You can induce someone by threatening or promising them something. You are also involved if you are directly or indirectly concerned in the contravention. This means you know about it and are part of it in some way.

If you conspire with others to do something wrong, you are involved in the contravention. However, this rule does not apply to some court cases, but you can check Part 4 of the Crimes Act 1961 for more information. This part of the law talks about people who are involved in committing offences.

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Part 8Enforcement, liability, and appeals
Miscellaneous: Accessories and attribution of liability

533Involvement in contraventions

  1. In this Act, a person is involved in a contravention if the person—

  2. has aided, abetted, counselled, or procured the contravention; or
    1. has induced, whether by threats or promises or otherwise, the contravention; or
      1. has been in any way, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in, or party to, the contravention; or
        1. has conspired with others to effect the contravention.

          1. Subsection (1) does not apply to proceedings for offences (but see Part 4 of the Crimes Act 1961, which relates to parties to the commission of offences).