http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/314Highways Act 1980An Act to consolidate the Highways Acts 1959 to 1971 and related enactments, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.1981-03-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-03-18Expert Participation2026-03-13 Part XIV Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions Prosecutions, appeals, <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation> Offences by body corporate.3141Where an offence under any provision of this Act to which this section applies is committed by a body corporate and it is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part 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, he as well as the body corporate is guilty of that offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.2Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) above applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.3This section applies to sections 137, 137ZA, 139, 140, 167, 168, and 177 above.Words in s. 314(3) inserted (15.1.2005) by Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Act 2004 (c. 29), ss. 1, 2(1)Words in s. 314(3) substituted (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(1), Sch. 8, Part I, para.13; S.I. 1992/2984, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.