{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-341",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-341.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/19",
  "legislation_title": "Gambling Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005",
  "path": "section/341",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "341",
  "heading": "Offence committed by body",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) applies where an offence under this Act is committed by a body of persons corporate or unincorporate (other than a partnership) and it is proved that the offence was committed—\n(a) with the consent or connivance of an officer of the body, or\n(b) as a result of the negligence of an officer of the body.\n(2) The officer, as well as the body, shall be guilty of the offence.\n(3) In subsection (1) a reference to an officer of a body includes a reference to—\n(a) a director, manager or secretary,\n(b) a person purporting to act as a director, manager or secretary, and\n(c) if the affairs of the body are arranged by its members, a member.\n(4) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a partnership (other than a limited partnership) each partner shall be guilty of the offence.\n(5) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a limited partnership, subsections (1) and (2) shall have effect, but as if a reference to an officer of the body were a reference to a partner.\n(6) In relation to the prosecution of a body of persons unincorporate for an offence under this Act, the body shall be treated for all procedural purposes as if it were a body corporate.\n(7) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the modification of a provision of this section in its application to a body of persons formed under, or in so far as the body is recognised by, law having effect outside the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 341 in force at 1.1.2007 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 341 in force at 1.9.2007 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(4)(5), Sch. 3B (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4) (as inserted by S.I. 2007/2169, arts. 3, 6, Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/section/341",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:15:42.684927+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}