Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 Explanatory Notes

Section 117 – Corporate offences

238.This section provides that if an offence under Part 3 of the Act is committed by a relevant organisation and the offence involves the connivance, consent, or negligence of a responsible official within that organisation, the official, in addition to the organisation, also commits the offence. Both “relevant organisation” and “responsible official” are defined.

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