# Christmas Day and New Year's Day Trading (Scotland) Act 2007, Section 5: Offences by bodies corporate, etc.


(1) Where an offence under this Act committed by a body of persons—
(a) was committed with the consent or connivance of—
(i) a person concerned, or purporting to be concerned, in the management or control of the body; or
(ii) a relevant person; or
(b) was attributable to any neglect on the part of such person,
that person, as well as the body, is guilty of the offence.
(2) In this section—
a “body of persons” means a body corporate, a partnership, a body of trustees or an unincorporated association other than a partnership; and
“relevant person” means a director, secretary or other officer of a body corporate, a partner in a partnership, a trustee of a trust or any member of an unincorporated association.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/13/section/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/christmas-day-and-new-years-day-trading-scotland-act-2007/section-5
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