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Criminal Code Act 1983
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236E Interpretation
agent includes the following:
(a) a person acting for another person with that other person's
actual or implied authority;
(b) a public officer;
(c) an employee of an employer;
(d) a lawyer acting for a client;
(e) a partner in a partnership;
(f) an officer of a body corporate (whether or not employed by it);
(g) an officer of another body (whether or not employed by it);
(h) a consultant to a person.
benefit means a benefit of any kind, including a non-pecuniary
obtain, see section 236F.
principal, for an agent, means the following:
(a) if the agent is a person acting for another person with that
other person's actual or implied authority – the other person;
(b) if the agent is a public officer – the government or other body
for which the public officer acts;
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(c) if the agent is an employee of an employer – the employer;
(d) if the agent is a lawyer acting for a client – the client;
(e) if the agent is a partner in a partnership – the partnership;
(f) if the agent is an officer of a body corporate (whether or not
employed by it) – the body corporate;
(g) if the agent is an officer of another body (whether or not
employed by it) – the body;
(h) if the agent is a consultant to a person – the person.
(2) A person is an agent or a principal if the person is, or has been or
intends to be, an agent or a principal.