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GAMBLING REGULATION ACT 2003 - SECT 2.6.7

Vicarious liability

    (1)     If a person in the course of employment or while acting as an agent—

        (a)     commits an offence against this Chapter; or

        (b)     engages in any conduct that would, if engaged in by the person's employer or principal, be an offence against this Chapter—

both the person and the employer or principal are taken to have committed the offence, and either or both of them may be prosecuted for it.

    (2)     An employer or principal is not liable for an offence committed by an employee or agent if the employer or principal proves, on the balance of probabilities, that the employer or principal took reasonable precautions to prevent the employee or agent committing the offence.

S. 2.6.8 repealed by No. 16/2004 s. 54.

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S. 2.6.9 amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 72.15).



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