Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990
43Conduct of directors, employees or agents of bodies corporate
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43 Conduct of directors, employees or agents of bodies corporate (1) If, in a proceeding under this Part or the Australian Consumer Law (NT), it is necessary to establish the state of mind of a body corporate in relation to particular conduct, it is sufficient to show: (a) that the conduct was engaged in by a director, employee or agent of the body corporate within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority; and (b) that the director, employee or agent had the relevant state of mind. (2) Any of the following conduct that is engaged in on behalf of a body corporate is taken, for this Part and the Australian Consumer Law (NT), to have been engaged in also by the body corporate: (a) conduct engaged in by a director, employee or agent of the body corporate within the scope of the actual or apparent authority of the director, employee or agent; (b) conduct engaged in by any other person if: (i) the conduct is engaged in at the direction or with the consent or agreement (whether express or implied) of a director, employee or agent of the body corporate; and (ii) the giving of the direction, consent or agreement is director, employee or agent.