36.—(1) Where an offence under specified feed law which has been committed by a body corporate 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,
the person mentioned in subparagraph (a) or (b) as well as the body corporate shall be deemed to have committed that offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2) In paragraph (1) “director” in relation to any body corporate established by or under any enactment for the purpose of carrying on under national ownership any undertaking, being a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of that body corporate.
(3) Where an offence under specified feed law which has been committed by a Scottish partnership is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner, that partner as well as the partnership shall be deemed to have committed that offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.