Section 43 Liability of directors, etc.
Northern Ireland
Where an offence under this Part of this Act which has been 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, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) shall apply 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.
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, s. 125(2), Sch. 16 Pt. I; S.I. 2001/421, arts. 2, 3
- F2
Act ceased to have effect (subject to temporary extension of specified provisions as mentioned below) (20.7.2000) (temporary extension: by ss. 2(2), 128, Sch. 1 paras. 1, 2(1) of 2000 c. 11 there is continued in force for a period of 12 months beginning with 20.7.2000 any provision of the Act (except ss. 26(1)(b), 35 and 50) if and so far as it is in force immediately before 20.7.2000 by virtue of an order under s. 62(3) of this Act)
Act wholly repealed (19.2.2001) by virtue of 2000 c. 11, ss. 2(1)(b), 125(2), 128, Sch. 16 Pt. I; S.I. 2001/421, art. 2
Notes on Part V
Modifications
- C1
Pt. V (ss. 37-44) amended (20.7.2000) by 2000 c. 11, ss. 2(2), 128, Sch. 1 para. 12