s. 54 (b) if sent to the person by post. 53 Offences by bodies corporate (1) If a body corporate contravenes a provision of this Act or the regulations, each director or officer of the body corporate is deemed to have contravened the provision, if the director or officer knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention. (2) A person may be proceeded against and found guilty under a provision in accordance with subsection (1) whether or not the body corporate has been proceeded against under that provision. (3) Nothing in this section affects any liability imposed on a body corporate for an offence committed by a body corporate against this Act or the regulations. 54 Imputing states of mind to bodies corporate If, in any proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations, it is necessary to establish the state of mind of a body corporate in relation to particular conduct, it is sufficient to show that— (a) the conduct was engaged in by an officer or agent of the body corporate within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority; and (b) the officer or agent had that state of mind. 55 Liability of body corporate or employer for acts of others If an officer or agent of a body corporate engages in conduct on behalf of the body corporate within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority, the body corporate must be taken for the purposes of a prosecution for an offence against this Act or the regulations, also to have engaged in
(b) if sent to the person by post. 53 Offences by bodies corporate (1) If a body corporate contravenes a provision of this Act or the regulations, each director or officer of the body corporate is deemed to have contravened the provision, if the director or officer knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention. (2) A person may be proceeded against and found guilty under a provision in accordance with subsection (1) whether or not the body corporate has been proceeded against under that provision. (3) Nothing in this section affects any liability imposed on a body corporate for an offence committed by a body corporate against this Act or the regulations. 54 Imputing states of mind to bodies corporate s. 54 If, in any proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations, it is necessary to establish the state of mind of a body corporate in relation to particular conduct, it is sufficient to show that— (a) the conduct was engaged in by an officer or agent of the body corporate within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority; and (b) the officer or agent had that state of mind. 55 Liability of body corporate or employer for acts of others If an officer or agent of a body corporate engages in conduct on behalf of the body corporate within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority, the body corporate must be taken for the purposes of a prosecution for an offence against this Act or the regulations, also to have engaged in
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