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PART 7E+WGENERAL

Prospective

OffencesE+W

200Offences by bodies corporateE+W

(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.

Commencement Information

I1S. 200 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 212