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SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 231

State of mind of individual

    If, in proceedings for an offence against the social security law in respect of conduct engaged in by a person other than a corporation, it is necessary to establish the state of mind of the person, it is sufficient to show that:

  (a)   the conduct was engaged in by an employee or agent of the person within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority; and

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



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