(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
(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 acts or omissions.
(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.
(4) In this section—
"representative" , of a person, means—
(a) if the person is a corporation—
(i) an executive officer, employee or agent of the corporation; and
(ii) if,
under the Corporations Act , the corporation (the
"parent corporation" ) controls another corporation or another corporation is
a subsidiary of the parent corporation—
(A) the controlled corporation or
the subsidiary corporation; and
(B) an executive officer, employee or agent
of the controlled corporation or the subsidiary corporation; or
(b) if the
person is an individual—an employee or agent of the individual.