PART 1FINES AND OTHER PENALTIES: ENFORCEMENT

CHAPTER 1Collection of Fines etc.

Supplementary

I124Offences

1

A person guilty of an offence under this Chapter is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

2

For the purposes of this Chapter, section 20(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (corporate liability for offences)—

a

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

b

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 functions of management as if that member were a director of the body corporate.

3

If an offence under this Chapter is committed by a partnership or proved—

a

to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a partner, or

b

to be attributable to any neglect on the partner's part,

the partner as well as the partnership is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

4

In subsection (3), “partner” includes a person purporting to act as such.