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16.—(1) Where an offence under these Regulations which has been 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—
(a)any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or
(b)any person who was purporting to act in such capacity (or in the case of a partnership under Scots law, a partner or person who was purporting to act as such),
he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of the offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, the provisions of paragraph (1) shall apply 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.
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