# The Official Controls (Agriculture etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2019, Regulation 15: Offences by bodies corporate

Extent: S

(1) Where—
(a) an offence under regulation 14 is committed by a body corporate, a Scottish partnership or other unincorporated association; and
(b) it is shown that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance of an officer, or was attributable to any neglect on the part of the officer,
the officer as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence, and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2) If the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (1) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with any functions of management as if that person were a director of the body.
(3) “Officer” includes—
(a) in relation to a body corporate—
(i) a director, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity;
(ii) where the affairs of the body are managed by its members, a member;
(b) in relation to a Scottish partnership, a partner;
(c) in relation to an unincorporated association other than a Scottish partnership, a person who is concerned in the management or control of the association.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/412/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-agriculture-etc-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-15
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