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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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<Text>This section applies where an offence under this Act is committed by—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>a body corporate;</Text>
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<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/section/48/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/10/section/48/1/b" id="section-48-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>a partnership;</Text>
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<Text>an unincorporated body.</Text>
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<Text>If the offence is proved to have been committed by, or with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to neglect on the part of—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>a senior officer of the body corporate or partnership or unincorporated body, or</Text>
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<Text>any person purporting to act in a capacity mentioned in paragraph (a),</Text>
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<Text>that senior officer or person (as well as the body corporate, partnership or unincorporated body) is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.</Text>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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<Text>In this section, “<Term id="term-senior-officer">senior officer</Term>” means—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>in relation to a body corporate, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate;</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>in relation to a partnership, a partner in the partnership;</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>in relation to an unincorporated body—</Text>
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<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
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<Text>a member of the unincorporated body holding office as president, chair, treasurer, secretary or any similar office;</Text>
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<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
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<Text>a member holding office as a member of a committee by which the affairs of the body are managed.</Text>
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<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
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<Text>In subsection (3)(a), “<Term id="term-director">director</Term>”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate.</Text>
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