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5.—(1) Any person who contravenes regulation 4, or causes or permits another person to contravene that regulation, shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment not exceeding three months; and
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment not exceeding two years or to both.
(3) Where an offence under paragraph (1) committed by a body corporate is proved—
(a)to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer, or
(b)to be attributable to any neglect on his part,
the officer as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(4) In paragraph (3) “officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity.
(5) If the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (3) shall apply in relation to the acts or defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.
(6) Where an offence under paragraph (1) committed by a Scottish partnership is committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, a person who—
(a)is a partner; or
(b)purports to act in that capacity,
that person as well as the Scottish partnership is guilty of that offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
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