Private Security Act 2004
161Liability of body corporate or holder of licence for acts of officers, employees or agents
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161 Liability of body corporate or holder of licence for acts of officers, employees or agents
S. 161(1) amended by No. 12/2024 s. 45(2).
(1) If an officer, employee or agent of a body corporate, that is the holder of a private security licence, engages in conduct on behalf of the body corporate within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority, the body corporate must be taken, for the purposes of prosecution for an offence against this Act or the regulations, also to have engaged in the conduct unless the body corporate establishes that it took reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to avoid the conduct.
S. 161(2) amended by No. 12/2024 s. 45(3).
(2) If an officer, employee or agent of the holder of a private security licence engages in conduct on behalf of the holder within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority, the holder must be taken, for the purposes of prosecution for an offence against this Act or the regulations, also to have engaged in the conduct, unless the holder establishes that he or she took reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to avoid the conduct.