Commentary on Sections Part 8: Prohibited Conduct: Ancillary Background
358.This section replaces similar provisions in previous legislation. It is designed to ensure that employers and principals are made responsible for the acts of those over whom they have control. The section works together with the provisions on “Liability of employees and agents” (section 110), “Instructing, causing or inducing contraventions” (section 111), and “Aiding contraventions” (section 112) to ensure that both the person carrying out an unlawful act and any person on whose behalf he or she was acting can be held to account where appropriate.