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The Alien and Locally Absent Species in Aquaculture Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

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22.—(1) In its application to these Regulations, section 20 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (offences by bodies corporate) has effect as if –

(a)in subsection (2) the words “the liability of whose members is limited” were omitted and where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, as if, in relation to the acts or defaults of a member in connection with the member’s functions of management, the member were a director of the body corporate;

(b)subsection (3) was omitted.

(2) If any offence under these Regulations committed by a partnership is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner, that partner as well as the partnership is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(3) If any offence under these Regulations committed by an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, an officer of the association or a member of its governing body, that officer or member as well as the association is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(4) In paragraph (2) “partner” includes a person purporting to act as a partner.

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I1Reg. 22 in operation at 15.10.2012, see reg. 1

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