Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23)

Part II U.K. Giving of evidence or information for purposes of criminal proceedings

Chapter IV U.K. Reporting restrictions

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. II Ch. IV modified (31.10.2009) by The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Application to Service Courts) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2083), arts. 1, 13

Offences U.K.

51 Offences committed by bodies corporate or Scottish partnerships. U.K.

(1) If an offence under section 49 committed by a body corporate is proved—

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

(b) to be attributable to any neglect on the part of,

an officer, the officer as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(2) In subsection (1) “officer” means a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity.

(3) If the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, “director” in subsection (2) means a member of that body.

(4) Where an offence under section 49 is committed by a Scottish partnership and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a partner, he as well as the partnership shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 S. 51 applied by S.I. 2004/1988 (N.I. 12), art. 6C(5) (as inserted (N.I.) (18.9.2006) by The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1965), arts. 1(2)(a), 6; S.R. 2006/368, art. 2(a))

C3 S. 51 applied (E.W.) (20.10.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 31(4), 185(1) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/2590, art. 3(a)

C4 S. 51 applied (E.W.) (23.3.2015) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 16(4), 185(1) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2015/373, art. 4(a)

C5 S. 51 applied (26.5.2016) by Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (c. 2), ss. 33(4), 63(2); S.I. 2016/553, reg. 2

C6 S. 51 applied (26.5.2016) by Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (c. 2), ss. 34(4), 63(2); S.I. 2016/553, reg. 2

C7 S. 51 applied (E.W.) (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), ss. 340(4), 416(1) (with ss. 2, 398(1), 406, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Commencement Information

I1 Pt. II Chs. 1-4 (ss. 16-52) in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 68(4)

I2 S. 51 in force at 7.10.2004 for specified purposes for S. by S.S.I. 2004/408, art. 3(b)

I3 S. 51 in force at 7.10.2004 for specified purposes for E.W. by S.I. 2004/2428, art. 2(c)

I4 S. 51 in force at 8.11.2004 for specified purposes for N.I. by S.R. 2004/467, art. 2(d)

I5 S. 51 in force at 13.4.2015 for specified purposes for E.W. by S.I. 2015/818, art. 2(e)