Work Health and Safety Act 2011
244CMistake of fact
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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.