Search Legislation

Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002

 Help about what version

What Version

 Help about advanced features

Advanced Features

 Help about opening options

Opening OptionsExpand opening options

Changes over time for: Section 18

 Help about opening options

Alternative versions:

Changes to legislation:

There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002, Section 18. Help about Changes to Legislation

18 Offences by bodies corporate and Scottish partnershipsU.K.

This section has no associated Explanatory Notes

(1)If an offence under any provision of this Act committed by a body corporate is proved—

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

(b)to be attributable to any neglect on his part,

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”, in relation to a body corporate, 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, subsection (1) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.

(4)If an offence under any provision of this Act committed by a partnership in Scotland is proved—

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

(b)to be attributable to any neglect on his part,

the partner as well as the partnership is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(5)In subsection (4) “partner” includes a person purporting to act as a partner.

Commencement Information

I1S. 18 wholly in force at 14.2.2003; s. 18 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 22(1)(2); s. 18 wholly in force at 14.2.2003 by S.I. 2002/2865, art. 2(2)(i); S.S.I. 2002/512, art. 2(2)(i)

Back to top

Options/Help