121AActs and omissions of representatives

121A Acts and omissions of representatives (1) This section applies to the doing of an unlawful act (conduct). Note 1 A complaint may be made about an unlawful act (see Human Rights Commission Act 2005, s 42 (1) (c)). Note 2 Doing an act—see s 4A. (2) Conduct engaged in on behalf of a person by a representative of the person is taken to have been engaged in by the person if the conduct was within the scope of the representative’s actual or apparent authority. (3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if the person establishes that the person took all reasonable steps to prevent the representative from engaging in the conduct.

(4) In this section: representative, of a person, means an employee or agent of the person.