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Transport Act 2000, Section 273 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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273 Offences: general.U.K.
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(1)If an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to neglect on the part of—
(a)a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or
(b)a person who was purporting to act in such a capacity,
he (as well as the body) commits the offence.
(2)In subsection (1) “director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body.
(3)If an offence under this Act 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) commits the offence.
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