90Responsibility for acts or omissions of representatives

90 Responsibility for acts or omissions of representatives (1) If, in a proceeding for an offence against this Act, it is relevant to prove a person's state of mind about a particular act or omission, it is enough to show: (a) the act or omission was done or omitted to be done by a representative of the person within the scope of the representative's actual or apparent authority; and (b) the representative had the state of mind. (2) An act or omission done or omitted to be done for a person by a representative of the person within the scope of the representative's actual or apparent authority is to be taken, in a proceeding for an offence against this Act, to have been done or omitted to be done also by the person, unless the person proves the person took all reasonable steps to prevent the act or omission. (3) In this section: representative, in relation to a person, means: (a) if the person is a corporation – an executive officer, employee or agent of the corporation; or (b) if the person is an individual – an employee or agent of the individual.

Marine Pollution Act 1999 58 state of mind, in relation to a person, includes: (a) the person's knowledge, intention, opinion, belief or purpose; and (b) the person's reasons for the intention, opinion, belief or purpose.