Food Act 2001
126Liability of employees and agents
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126 Liability of employees and agents (1) It is not a defence in a proceeding for an offence against this Act that the defendant was, at the time of the commission of the offence, an employee or agent of someone else. (2) However, it is a defence if the defendant proves that the defendant was under the personal supervision of the proprietor of the food business, or the owner or person in charge of the premises, in relation to which the offence was committed, or of someone else representing the proprietor, owner or person in charge.