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Part 1 U.K. Provisions for Combatting Crime and Disorder

Chapter 2 E+W+N.I. Provisions for combatting alcohol-related disorder

Closure of unlicensed premisesE+W

26 Offences by body corporateE+W

(1)Where an offence under section 25 committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, he as well as the body corporate commits the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(2)Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.