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39Intervening conduct or event
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39 Intervening conduct or event A person is not criminally responsible for an offence that has a physical element to which absolute or strict liability applies if— (a) the physical element is brought about by someone else over whom the person has no control or by a non-human act or event over which the person has no control; and (b) the person could not reasonably have been expected to guard against the bringing about of the physical element.