# The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Poultry) (Scotland) Order 2007, Article 23: Offences by bodies corporate


(1) If an offence 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 that officer's 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 that member's functions of management as if that member were a director of the body.
(3) “Officer”, 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.
(4) “Body corporate” includes a partnership in Scotland and, in relation to such a partnership, a reference to an officer of a body corporate is a reference to a partner.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/62/article/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/avian-influenza-h5n1-in-poultry-scotland-order-2007/article-23
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