PART 1

FINES AND OTHER PENALTIES: ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 1

Collection of Fines etc.

Supplementary

Offences
24
1
A person guilty of an offence under this Chapter is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
2
For the purposes of this Chapter, section 20(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (corporate liability for offences)—
a
applies with the omission of the words “the liability of whose members is limited”, and
b
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 functions of management as if that member were a director of the body corporate.
3
If an offence under this Chapter is committed by a partnership or proved—
a
to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a partner, or
b
to be attributable to any neglect on the partner's part,
the partner as well as the partnership is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
4
In subsection (3), “partner” includes a person purporting to act as such.
S. 24 in operation at 1.6.2018 by S.R. 2018/99, art. 2(a)