Offence by bodies corporate
9.—(1) Where an offence under these Regulations committed by a body corporate or a partnership is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of (in the case of a body corporate) any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, (in the case of a partnership) a partner or a person who was purporting to act as such, that officer, partner or person as well as the body corporate or the partnership (as the case may be) shall be guilty of the offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, the provisions of paragraph (1) above shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with the members' functions of management as if the member were a director of the body corporate.