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6.—(1) If the directors of a body of persons to which these Regulations apply fail to prepare, or (in the case of the auditors' report) fail to cause to be prepared, the accounts required by Regulation 4(1) within the period referred to in Regulation 4(2), every person who, immediately before the end of the period referred to in Regulation 4(2), was a director of the body is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.
(2) If any annual accounts or a directors' report are made available for inspection under Regulation 5 which do not comply with the requirements of Regulation 4(1) as to the matters to be included therein, every person who, at the time the annual accounts or report were first made available for inspection, was a director of the body is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.
(3) In proceedings against a person for an offence under this Regulation, it is a defence for him to prove that he took all reasonable steps for securing compliance with the requirements in question.
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