Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011

23Offences by Scottish partnerships etc.

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After section 69 of the 1981 Act (offences by bodies corporate etc.), insert—

69AOffences by Scottish partnerships etc.

Where a Scottish partnership or other unincorporated association is guilty of an offence under Part 1 of this Act and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of—

(a)in relation to a Scottish partnership, any partner or any person who was purporting to act in such capacity;

(b)in relation to an unincorporated association other than a Scottish partnership, any person who is concerned in the management or control of the association or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,

he (as well as the partnership or, as the case may be, other unincorporated association) is guilty of the offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly..