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Gambling Act 2005

Gambling Act 2005

2005 CHAPTER 19

Territorial Extent

Territorial limits – vessels and aircraft

Schedule 15: Private gaming and betting

Part 18: Miscellaneous and General
Section 341: Offence committed by body

846.If a body (such as a company) commits an offence under the Act, persons of authority in the body (known as officers) may be prosecuted if the offence resulted from their consent, connivance or their negligence. The body may be prosecuted also. Officers can include directors, managers, secretaries and members of a body. Where a body is a partnership then each partner is individually responsible for offences arising in these circumstances. Unincorporated bodies and their officers may also be prosecuted in the same way.

847.Subsection (7) allows the Secretary of State to make regulations dealing with the application of this section to bodies formed outside the United Kingdom.

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