Regulation 8 Offences by directors, etc.

(1)

Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under these Regulations, and that offence 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 of other similar officer of the body corporate; or

(b)

any person purporting to act in such capacity,

that person, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of the offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(2)

For the purpose of paragraph (1) above, “director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate.

(3)

Where an offence under these Regulations is committed by a partnership and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner, that partner as well as the partnership shall be guilty of the offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.