Rail Safety National Law (NSW)
221Imputing conduct to bodies corporate
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221 Imputing conduct to bodies corporate
221 Imputing conduct to bodies corporate
(1) For the purposes of this Law, any conduct engaged in on behalf of a body corporate by an employee, agent or officer of the body corporate acting within the actual or apparent scope of his or her employment, or within his or her actual or apparent authority, is conduct also engaged in by the body corporate.
(2) If an offence under this Law requires proof of knowledge, intention or recklessness, it is sufficient in proceedings against a body corporate for that offence to prove that the person referred to in subsection (1) had the relevant knowledge, intention or recklessness.
(3) If for an offence against this Law mistake of fact is relevant to determining liability, it is sufficient in proceedings against a body corporate for that offence if the person referred to in subsection (1) made that mistake of fact.