# Housing Act 1996, Section 223: Offences by body corporate.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Where an offence under this Act committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or a person purporting to act in such a capacity, he as well as the body corporate is guilty of an offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/52/section/223 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-223
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