http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/34/section/251Housing Act 2004An Act to make provision about housing conditions; to regulate houses in multiple occupation and certain other residential accommodation; to make provision for home information packs in connection with the sale of residential properties; to make provision about secure tenants and the right to buy; to make provision about mobile homes and the accommodation needs of gypsies and travellers; to make other provision about housing; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-06-22Expert Participation2026-06-22 Part 7Supplementary and final provisions<Emphasis>Other supplementary provisions</Emphasis>Offences by bodies corporate2511Where an offence under this Act committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of—aa director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, orba person purporting to act in such a capacity,he as well as the body corporate commits the offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.2Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) 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.