# The Electricity and Gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Criminal Sanctions) Regulations 2015, Regulation 8: Proceedings against partnerships


(1) Proceedings for an offence under these Regulations alleged to have been committed by a partnership must be brought in the name of the partnership (and not in that of any of its members).
(2) In proceedings for such an offence brought against a partnership—
(a) section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 (procedure on charge of offence against corporation) and Schedule 3 to the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (corporations) apply as they do in relation to a body corporate;
(b) section 70 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (proceedings against bodies corporate) applies as it does in relation to a body corporate;
(c) section 18 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 1945 (procedure on charge) and Schedule 4 to the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (corporations) apply as they do in relation to a body corporate.
(3) Rules of court relating to the service of documents have effect in relation to proceedings for an offence under these Regulations as if the partnership were a body corporate.
(4) A fine imposed on the partnership on its conviction of such an offence is to be paid out of the funds of the partnership.
(5) In this regulation, references to a partnership do not include a Scottish partnership or a limited liability partnership.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111127674/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-market-integrity-and-transparency-criminal-sanctions-regulations-2015/regulation-8
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