[F1112ALiability of officers of body corporate etcE+W
(1)Where an offence under this Act committed by a body corporate—
(a)is committed with the consent or connivance of any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, or
(b)is attributable to any neglect on the part of any such person,
that person as well as the body corporate commits the offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2)In subsection (1) “director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate.
(3)Subsection (1) also applies in relation to a body that is not a body corporate, with the substitution for the reference to a director of the body of a reference—
(a)in the case of a partnership, to a partner;
(b)in the case of an unincorporated body other than a partnership—
(i)where the body’s affairs are managed by its members, to a member of the body;
(ii)in any other case, to a member of the governing body.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 112A inserted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), ss. 40, 170(4)(b)(c); S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(j)