PART 5E+WMISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

Prospective

CHAPTER 1E+WMISCELLANEOUS

Application of Act to special casesE+W

47Offences committed by partnerships and unincorporated bodiesE+W

(1)Proceedings for an offence under this Act alleged to have been committed by a partnership are to be brought in the name of the partnership (and not in that of any of the partners).

(2)Proceedings for an offence under this Act alleged to have been committed by an unincorporated body are to be brought in the name of the body (and not in that of any of its members).

(3)Rules of court relating to the service of documents have effect as if the partnership or unincorporated body were a body corporate.

(4)Schedule 3 to the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) applies in proceedings for an offence brought against a partnership or an unincorporated body as it applies in relation to a body corporate.

(5)A fine imposed on a partnership on its conviction for an offence under this Act is to be paid out of the partnership’s assets.

(6)A fine imposed on an unincorporated body on its conviction for an offence under this Act is to be paid out of the funds of the body.

Commencement Information

I1S. 47 in force at 4.3.2030, see s. 61(2)(b)