# The Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, Paragraph 27: Liability of persons other than principal offender


(1) Where the commission by any person of an offence to which paragraph 26 applies is due to an act or default committed by some other person in the course of any business of that other person, that person shall be guilty of the offence and may be proceeded against and punished by virtue of this paragraph whether or not proceedings are taken against the first-mentioned person.
(2) Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under this Schedule (including where it is so guilty by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)) in respect of any act or default which is shown to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, or any partner in a limited liability partnership, that person, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(3) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, sub-paragraph (2) shall apply 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 corporate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348213577/schedule/3/paragraph/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-construction-products-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2020/schedule-3/paragraph-27
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