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PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY (SPECIAL POWERS)
57


"reasonable steps", in relation to the commission of an offence, includes, but is not limited to, such action (if any) of the following kinds as is reasonable in all the circumstances:
(a) action towards—
(i) assessing the corporation’s compliance with the provision creating the offence; and :::(ii) ensuring that the corporation arranged regular professional assessments of its compliance with the provision;
(b) action towards ensuring that the corporation’s employees, agents and contractors are provided with information, training, instruction and supervision appropriate to them to enable them to comply with the provision creating the offence so far as the provision is relevant to them;
(c) action towards ensuring that—
(i) the plant, equipment and other resources; and
(ii) the structures, work systems and other processes, relevant to compliance with the provision creating the offence are appropriate in all the circumstances;
(d) action towards creating and maintaining a corporate culture that does not direct, encourage, tolerate or lead to non‑compliance with the provision creating the offence;
"state of mind" of a person includes—
(a) the knowledge, intention, opinion, belief or purpose of the person; and
(b) the person’s reasons for the intention, opinion, belief or purpose.