(1)Where an offence under this Part committed by a body corporate is committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in such a capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of the offence.
(2)In subsection (1) above “director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate.
(3)Where, in Scotland, an offence under this Part committed by a partnership or by an unincorporated association other than a partnership is committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner in the partnership or (as the case may be) a person concerned in the management or control of the association, he, as well as the partnership or association, shall be guilty of the offence.
Commencement Information
I1S. 59 wholly in force at 15. 7. 1992 see s. 70 and S.I. 1992/1347, art. 2, Sch.