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(1)This section applies where an offence under this Act, or under regulations made under this Act, is committed by a body corporate.
(2)If the offence is proved to have been committed by, or with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of—
(a)any director, manager or secretary of the body corporate, or
(b)any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,
that director, manager, secretary or person purporting to act as such (as well as the body corporate) is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(3)The reference in subsection (2) to the director, manager or secretary of the body corporate includes a reference to any other similar officer of the body corporate.
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