54Offences by unincorporated bodies
(1)This section applies to offences under this Part and under regulations made under it.
(2)Proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed by an unincorporated body may be brought in the name of the body instead of in the name of any of its members and, for the purposes of any such proceedings, any rules of court relating to the service of documents have effect as if that body were a body corporate.
(3)Any fine imposed on an unincorporated body on its conviction of an offence is to be paid out of the funds of that body.
(4)If an unincorporated body is charged with an offence, section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 (c.86) and Schedule 3 to the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) have effect as if a body corporate had been charged.