General
7Offences by bodies corporate
1
This section applies if an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate.
2
If the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of—
a
a senior officer of the body corporate, or
b
a person purporting to act in such a capacity,
the senior officer or person (as well as the body corporate) is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
3
In this section—
“director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate;
“senior officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate.