PART 7GENERAL

Offences

I1200Offences by bodies corporate

1

This section applies where 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 neglect on the part of—

a

a senior officer of the body, or

b

a person who was purporting to be a senior officer of the body.

2

The senior officer or person (as well as the body corporate) is guilty of the offence, and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

3

In this section “senior officer” means a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate.

4

But in the case of a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, “director” means a member of the body.