Paragraph 22 I1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

A culpable officer provision applies in the case of a limited liability partnership as if the reference in the provision to a director (or a person purporting to act as a director) were a reference to a member (or a person purporting to act as a member) of the limited liability partnership.

(2)

A culpable officer provision is a provision in any Act or subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978) to the effect that where—

(a)

a body corporate is guilty of a particular offence, and

(b)

the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to the neglect on the part of, (among others) a director of the body corporate,

he (as well as the body corporate) is guilty of the offence.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 5 para. 22 in force at 6.4.2001, see reg. 1