Liability of persons other than principal offender
64.—(1) Where the commission of an offence by one person (“A”) under regulation 61 is due to anything which another person (“B”) did or failed to do in the course of business, B is guilty of the offence and may be proceeded against and punished, whether or not proceedings are taken against A.
(2) Where a body corporate commits an offence, a relevant person is also guilty of the offence where the body corporate’s offence was committed—
(a)with the consent or connivance of the relevant person; or
(b)as a result of the negligence of the relevant person.
(3) In paragraph (2), “relevant person” means any of the following—
(a)a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate;
(b)in relation to a body corporate managed by its members, a member of that body corporate performing managerial functions; or
(c)a person purporting to act as a person described in sub-paragraphs (a) or (b).