Section 32
Voluntary undertaking
Lets the Board accept a voluntary undertaking at any stage, which bars proceedings on its contents but binds the giver.
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What it says
- 01
- The Board may accept a voluntary undertaking from a person at any stage of proceedings. Acceptance bars further proceedings on the contents of the undertaking, and the Board may vary its terms with consent.
- 02
- Breach of any term of an accepted undertaking is deemed to be a breach of the Act.
In practice
An undertaking closes the proceedings but converts its own terms into statutory obligations. Breaking one is not a contractual failure, it is a breach of the Act, and it reopens exposure at the band that applied to the original conduct.
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