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Work Health and Safety Act 2011
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244C Mistake of fact
If mistake of fact is relevant to determining liability for an offence, a
body corporate may rely on mistake of fact only if—
(a) the employee, agent or officer of the body corporate who
engaged in the conduct constituting the offence was under a
mistaken but reasonable belief about facts that, had they existed,
would have meant the conduct would not have constituted the
offence; and
(b) the body corporate proves it took reasonable precautions to
prevent the conduct.