{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/regulation-79",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/regulation-79.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1153",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/79",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "79",
  "heading": "Liability of persons other than the principal offender",
  "text": "(1) Where the commission by a person (“A”) of an offence under these Regulations is due to the act or default of another person (“B”) in the course of any business of A, B is guilty of the offence and may be proceeded against and punished, whether or not proceedings are taken against A.\n(2) Where a body corporate commits an offence under these Regulations and it is proved that the offence was committed—\n(a) with the consent or connivance of an officer of the body corporate,\n(b) as a result of the negligence of an officer of the body corporate\nthe officer as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence.\n(3) In paragraph (2), a reference to an officer of a body corporate includes a reference to—\n(a) a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate;\n(b) a person purporting to act as a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer; and\n(c) if the affairs of the body corporate are managed by its members, a member\n(4) In this regulation, references to a “body corporate” include references to a partnership in Scotland, and in relation to such partnership, any reference to a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of a body corporate is a reference to a partner.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1153/regulation/79",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:17:40.726189+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."
}