AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS DISTRIBUTION CONTROL ACT 1966 - SECT 43 Responsibility for acts or omissions of representatives

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS DISTRIBUTION CONTROL ACT 1966 - SECT 43

43 Responsibility for acts or omissions of representatives

(1) If, in a proceeding for an offence against this Act, it is relevant to prove a person’s state of mind about a particular act or omission, it is enough to show—

(a) the act or omission was done or omitted to be done by a representative of the person within the scope of the representative’s actual or apparent authority; and

(b) the representative had the state of mind.

(2) An act or omission done or omitted to be done for a person by a representative of the person within the scope of the representative’s actual or apparent authority is taken, in a proceeding for an offence against this Act, to have been done or omitted to be done also by the person, unless the person proves the person took all reasonable steps to prevent the act or omission.

(3) If—

(a) an individual is convicted of an offence against this Act; and

(b) the individual would not have been convicted of the offence if subsections (1) and (2) had not been enacted;

the individual is not liable to be punished by imprisonment for the offence.