PART 5

GENERAL

Offences

Offences by bodies corporate
76
1
This section applies where an offence in this Act, or in regulations made under it, committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to neglect on the part of—
a
a senior officer of the body, or
b
a person who was purporting to be a senior officer of the body.
2
The senior officer or person (as well as the body corporate) is guilty of the offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
3
In this section, “senior officer” means a director, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate.
4
But in the case of a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, “director” means a member of the body.
S. 76 in force at 12.9.2025, see s. 92(1)