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Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023

Section 20: Individual culpability where organisation commits an offence

164.Section 20 provides that where an organisation commits an offence, and the commission of the offence involves consent or connivance by a responsible individual or is attributable to neglect by a responsible individual, the individual as well as the organisation commits the offence.

165.Subsection (3) and the table in subsection (4) set out who will be a responsible individual with respect to different types of organisation.

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