# Housing Act 2004, Section 251: Offences by bodies corporate


(1) Where an offence under this Act committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of—
(a) a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or
(b) a person purporting to act in such a capacity,
he as well as the body corporate commits the offence and is 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/2004/34/section/251 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-2004/section-251
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