Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) If, in relation to a prescribed provision, a person has the benefit of the reasonable steps defence, it is a defence to a charge for an offence against the provision if the person charged establishes that—
(a) the person did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, of the contravention concerned; and
(b) either—
(i) the person took all reasonable steps to prevent the contravention; or
(ii) there were no steps the person could reasonably be expected to have taken to prevent the contravention.
(2) In this section—
prescribed provision means section 53B(2), (3), (4) or (5), 53C(1) or (2), 57B(2) or 162D(1).