Part 5Supplementary
44Offences: companies, etc.
1
For the purposes of an offence under this Act, section 20(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954—
a
applies with the omission of the words “the liability of whose members is limited”, and
b
in a case where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, applies in relation to the acts or defaults of a member in connection with the member's functions of management as if the member were a director of the body corporate.
2
If an offence under this Act is committed by a partnership (whether or not a limited partnership) and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to neglect on the part of—
a
a partner, or
b
a person purporting to act as a partner,
that person (as well as the partnership) commits the offence.