OffencesN.I.
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.
Commencement Information
I1S. 24 in operation at 1.6.2018 by S.R. 2018/99, art. 2(a)