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OZONE PROTECTION ACT 1989 - SECT 21
Offence by employee--liability of employer
21 Offence by employee--liability of employer
(1) If an employee contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations,
the employer is to be taken to have contravened the same provision (whether or
not the employee contravened the provision without the employer's authority or
contrary to the employer's orders or instructions).
(2) It is a defence in
proceedings against an employer for such a contravention if it is
established-- (a) that the employer had no knowledge of the contravention, and
(b) that the employer could not, by the exercise of due diligence, have
prevented the contravention.
(3) An employer may be proceeded against and
convicted under a provision pursuant to subsection (1) whether or not the
employee has been proceeded against or convicted under that provision.
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