Breach of the trustee’s covenants set out in section 52 or obligations set out in section 29VN, or the director’s covenants set out in section 52A or obligations set out in section 29VO of the SIS Act should be enforceable by action for civil penalty.
Government Response
The Government agrees that trustees and directors should be subject to civil penalties for breaches of their best interests obligations. Both ASIC and APRA should have powers to enforce the civil penalty provisions.
The Government has already introduced the Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation Measures No. 1) Bill 2017 into Parliament to establish civil penalties for directors for breaches of the best interests duty and will amend this Bill to extend civil penalties to trustees.