# Housing and Planning Act 2016, Section 22: Offences by bodies corporate


(1) Where an offence under section 21 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, an officer of a body corporate, the officer 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 the member's functions of management as if the member were an officer of the body corporate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22/section/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/section-22
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