PART 5Miscellaneous

Officers of a body corporate etc.20

1

If an offence under this Order committed by a body corporate is shown—

a

to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer of the body corporate; or

b

to be attributable to any neglect on the officer’s part,

the officer as well as the body corporate is guilty of an offence.

2

Paragraph (1) also applies in relation to an institution which is not a body corporate, with the substitution for the reference to an officer of the body of a reference—

a

in the case of a partnership, to a partner;

b

in the case of an unincorporated body other than a partnership—

i

where the body’s affairs are managed by its members, to a member of the body;

ii

in any other case, to a member of the governing body.