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Regulation 6 Offences by bodies corporate

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(1)

Where an offence under these Regulations has been committed by a body corporate and it is proved that the offence—

(a)

was committed with the consent or connivance of a person falling within paragraph (2), or

(b)

is attributable to any neglect on the part of such a person,

that person (as well as the body corporate) is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(2)

The persons are—

(a)

a director, manager, secretary or similar officer of the body corporate;

(b)

any person purporting to act in such a capacity.

(3)

Where 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 management, as if the member were a director of the body corporate.