Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04938:body:0:p44
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04938
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 114849–117540

have been engaged in also by the body corporate, unless the body corporate establishes that the body corporate took reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to avoid the conduct.

"(3) If, in a proceeding under this Part in respect of conduct engaged in by an individual, it is necessary to establish the state of mind of the individual, it is sufficient to show:

    (a) that the conduct was engaged in by a servant or agent of the individual within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority; and

    (b) that the servant or agent had the relevant state of mind.

"(4) Conduct engaged in on behalf of an individual:

    (a) by a servant or agent of the individual within the scope of the actual or apparent authority of the servant or agent; or

    (b) by any other person at the direction or with the consent or agreement (whether express or implied) of a servant or agent of the individual, if the giving of the direction, consent or agreement is within the scope of the actual or apparent authority of the servant or agent;

is taken, for the purposes of this Part, to have been engaged in also by that individual, unless that individual establishes that he or she took reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to avoid the conduct.

"(5) If:

    (a) an individual is convicted of an offence; and

    (b) the individual would not have been convicted of the offence if subsections (3) and (4) had not been enacted;

the individual is not liable to be punished by imprisonment for that offence.

"(6) A reference in subsection (1) or (3) to the state of mind of a person includes a reference to:

    (a) the knowledge, intention, opinion, belief or purpose of the person; and

    (b) the person's reasons for the intention, opinion, belief or purpose.

"(7) A reference in this section to a director of a body corporate includes a reference to a constituent member of a body corporate incorporated for a public purpose by a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory.

Regulations about review by the Tribunal

"44ZZP. The regulations may make provision about the following matters in relation to the functions of the Tribunal under this Part:

    (a) the constitution of the Tribunal;

    (b) the arrangement of the business of the Tribunal;

    (c) the disclosure of interests by members of the Tribunal;

    (d) determining questions before the Tribunal and questions that arise during a review;

    (e) procedure and evidence, including the appointment of persons to assist the Tribunal by giving evidence (whether personally or by means of a written report).

Regulations about fees for inspection etc. of registers

"44ZZQ. The