PART 9GENERAL

125Offences by bodies corporate and partnerships

1

For the purposes of an offence under this Act, section 20(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954—

a

applies with the omission of the words “the liability of whose members is limited”,

b

in a case where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, applies in relation to the acts or defaults of a member in connection with the member's functions of management as if the member were a director of the body corporate.

2

If an offence under this Act is committed by a partnership (whether or not a limited partnership) and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to neglect on the part of any of the following—

a

a partner,

b

a person purporting to act as a partner,

that person (as well as the partnership) commits the offence.