Section 161 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Conduct of directors, employees, or agents attributed

161 Conduct of directors, employees, or agents attributed (1) Conduct engaged in on behalf of an individual ( person A ) by any of the following must be treated, for the purposes of this Act, as having been engaged in also by person A: (a) an employee or agent of person A, acting within the scope of his, her, or its actual or apparent authority: (b) any other person at the direction or with the consent or agreement (whether express or implied) either of person A or an employee or agent of person A, given within the scope of the actual or apparent authority of the employee or agent. (2) Conduct engaged in on behalf of a person (other than an individual) by any of the following must be treated, for the purposes of this Act, as having been engaged in also by that person: (a) an officer, employee, or agent of the person acting within the scope of his, her, or its actual or apparent authority: (b) any other person at the direction or with the consent or agreement (whether express or implied) of an officer, employee, or agent of the person, given within the scope of the actual or apparent authority of the officer, employee, or agent. Compare: Model Work Health and Safety Act (Aust) s 244(1)