# The Market Surveillance (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021, Paragraph 4: Liability of persons other than the principal offender


(1) Where the commission by a person (“P”) of an offence under these Regulations is due to anything which another person (“S”) did or failed to do in the course of business, S is guilty of that offence and may be proceeded against and punished, whether or not proceedings are taken against P.
(2) Where a body corporate commits an offence under these Regulations, a relevant person is also guilty of the offence where the offence was committed by the body corporate—
(a) with the consent or connivance of a relevant person; or
(b) as a result of the negligence of a relevant person.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2) a “relevant person” means—
(a) a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate;
(b) in relation to a body corporate managed by its members, a member of that body performing managerial functions; or
(c) a person purporting to act as a person described in paragraphs (a) or (b).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348224641/schedule/6/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-market-surveillance-northern-ireland-regulations-2021/schedule-6/paragraph-4
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