PART 12Miscellaneous
Offences by bodies corporateI142
1
If an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981 committed by a body corporate is shown—
a
to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer; or
b
to be attributable to any neglect on their part,
the officer as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
2
If the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (1) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with the member’s functions of management as if the member were a director of the body.
3
“Officer” (“swyddog”), in relation to a body corporate, means a director, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity.