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17.—(1) Where an offence under these Regulations which has been 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 any person to whom this paragraph applies that person as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies to any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate and to any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity.
(3) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (1) shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with the functions of management of the member as if the member were a director of the body corporate.
(4) Where an offence under these Regulations has been committed by a Scottish partnership and the contravention in question is proved to have occurred with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any act on the part of, a partner, that partner as well as the partnership shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
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