Regulation 17 Bodies corporate
United Kingdom
(1)
Where a body corporate commits an offence under these Regulations and it is proved that the offence—
(a)
is committed with the consent or connivance of a relevant person, or
(b)
is attributable to any neglect on the part of that person,
that person as well as the body corporate is guilty of that offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2)
In paragraph (1), “relevant person” means—
(a)
a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the corporate body;
(b)
in relation to a body corporate managed by its members, a member of that body performing managerial functions;
(c)
in relation to a Scottish partnership, a partner;
(d)
a person purporting to act as a person described in (a), (b) or (c).