Employment Agents Act 1976

Any person who —

fails to comply with any of the requirements of this Act within the time or in the manner thereby provided; or

contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act,

Any person convicted of an offence against this Act is liable, where no penalty is expressly provided for the offence, to a penalty not exceeding $200.

Where by reason of or arising out of any act or omission of the holder of a licence granted on behalf of a firm or body corporate a person is charged with an offence under this Act, or is the subject of an allegation under section 25(1), it shall be an answer in any such case for the firm or body corporate to show that —

the act or omission complained of was committed or occurred without the knowledge of the firm or body corporate and that the firm or body corporate could not reasonably be expected to have known that any provision of this Act had been contravened or had not been complied with; or

the firm or body corporate was not in a position to influence the conduct of the holder of the licence in relation to the act or omission; or

the firm or body corporate used all due diligence to prevent the commission or occurrence of such act or omission.