Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Part IV extended by Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), s. 122(2)
C2Pt. IV (ss. 37–42) excluded by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1, 106:1), ss. 4(1)(c), 5(1)(2)(b)(3)(4)(7)
C3Pt. IV (ss. 37–42) excluded by S.I. 1989/2420, art. 3
(1)A person who knowingly aids another person to do an act made unlawful by this Act shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as himself doing an unlawful act of the like description.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) an employee or agent for whose act the employer or principal is liable under section 41 (or would be so liable but for section 41(3)) shall be deemed to aid the doing of the act by the employer or principal.
(3)A person does not under this section knowingly aid another to do an unlawful act if—
(a)he acts in reliance on a statement made to him by that other person that, by reason of any provision of this Act, the act which he aids would not be unlawful, and
(b)it is reasonable for him to rely on the statement.
(4)A person who knowingly or recklessly makes a statement such as is referred to in subsection (3)(a) which in a material respect is false or misleading commits an offence, and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1level 5 on the standard scale].
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G