{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-deliberate-release-scotland-regulations-2002/regulation-32C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-deliberate-release-scotland-regulations-2002/regulation-32C.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2002/541",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-deliberate-release-scotland-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/32C",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "32C",
  "heading": "Individual culpability for offending by an organisation",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies where—\n(a) an offence under these regulations is committed by a relevant organisation, and\n(b) the commission of the offence involves the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to the neglect of—\n(i) a responsible official of the organisation, or\n(ii) an individual purporting to act in the capacity of a responsible official.\n(2) The responsible official (or, as the case may be, the individual purporting to act in that capacity) as well as the organisation, commits the offence.\n(3) “Relevant organisation” means—\n(a) a company,\n(b) a partnership (including a limited liability partnership),\n(c) another body or association.\n(4) “Responsible official” means—\n(a) in the case of a company—\n(i) a director, secretary, manager or similar officer, or\n(i) where the affairs of the company are managed by its members, a member,\n(b) in the case of a limited liability partnership, a member,\n(c) in the case of a partnership other than a limited liability partnership, a partner,\n(d) in the case of another body or association, a person who is concerned in the management or control of its affairs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 6A inserted (15.3.2019) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/86), regs. 1(1), 16"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/541/regulation/32C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:38:58.658137+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."
}