{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-protection-products-regulations-2020/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-protection-products-regulations-2020/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/552",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-protection-products-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Offences by bodies corporate",
  "text": "(1) Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under these Regulations and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of—\n(a) any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate; or\n(b) any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,\nthat person, as well as the body corporate, is guilty of the offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.\n(2) In paragraph (1) “director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate.\n(3) Where—\n(a) an offence under these Regulations has been committed in Scotland by a body corporate, a Scottish partnership or other unincorporated association, and\n(b) it is proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance of, or was attributable to any neglect on the part of—\n(i) a relevant individual, or\n(ii) a person purporting to act in the capacity of a relevant individual,\nthe individual, as well as the body corporate, Scottish partnership or unincorporated association commits the offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.\n(4) In paragraph (3), a “relevant individual” means—\n(a) in relation to a body corporate—\n(i) a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body,\n(ii) where the affairs of the body are managed by its members, a member;\n(b) in relation to a Scottish partnership, a partner; or\n(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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 22.6.2020, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/552/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:29:54.723490+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."
}