149Liability of and with respect to contract service providers

149 Liability of and with respect to contract service providers (1) A service contract may provide that the contract service provider is required to comply with an IPP, a code of practice or an authorisation in the same way and to the same extent as the outsourcing organisation. (2) If a service contract contains a provision of the kind mentioned in subsection (1), the contract service provider must comply with the IPP, code of practice or authorisation in the same way and to the same extent as the outsourcing organisation. (3) Where: (a) the contract service provider does an act for a service contract; and (b) the act would, if it had been done by the outsourcing organisation, have contravened an IPP, a code of practice or an authorisation; the act is taken to have been done by the outsourcing organisation as well as by the contract service provider unless: (c) the service contract contains a provision of the kind mentioned in subsection (1); and (d) the IPP, code of practice or authorisation is capable of being enforced against the contract service provider in accordance with this Act.