(1)Where 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 any neglect on the part of—
(a)any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or
(b)any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,
he (as well as the body corporate) commits the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2)Where 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.
Commencement Information
I1S. 57 in force at 27.3.2007 for W. by S.I. 2007/1030, art. 2(1)(h)
I2S. 57 in force at 6.4.2007 for E. by S.I. 2007/499, art. 2(2)(j)