Civil Aviation Act 1982

99 Offences. U.K.

(1) Where an offence to which this subsection applies has been committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members subsection (1) above shall apply 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.

(3) Any offence to which this subsection applies shall, for the purpose of conferring jurisdiction, be deemed to have been committed in any place where the offender may for the time being be.

(4) Subsection (1) above applies to any offence under section 44, 45, 50, 64(5), 67(6), 82, 83 or 84(4) above or under regulations made by virtue of section 7(2)(b) or 71 above.

(5) Subsection (3) above applies to any offence under any provision made by or under this Act, except, without prejudice to section 92(3) above—

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(b) an offence under section 44, 45, 50, 83 or 94(6) above;

(c) an offence consisting in a contravention of an order made under section 62 above;

(d) an offence consisting in a convention of an order made under section 63 above with respect to a British air transport undertaking;

(e) an offence consisting in a contravention of an Order in Council under section 86 above.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 99(5)(a) repealed by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9), s. 83(5), Sch. 6 Pt. II