159AOffence—employers taken to have committed offences of

159A Offence—employers taken to have committed offences of employees (1) If a person (the offender) who is an employee of another person (the employer) commits an offence against this Act in the course of the person’s employment, the employer is taken to have committed the offence and is punishable accordingly.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a defendant if— (a) the defendant had no knowledge of the offence; and (b) the defendant took reasonable precautions and exercised appropriate diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.