# The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015, Regulation 11: Liability of persons other than the principal offender

Extent: E+W+S+NI

(1) Where the commission by a person of an offence under regulation 8 is due to anything that another person did or failed to do in the course of a business, that other person is guilty of the offence and may be proceeded against and punished, whether or not proceedings are taken against the first person.
(2) Where a body corporate or a Scottish partnership commits an offence and it is proved that the offence was committed—
(a) with the consent or connivance of a relevant person; or
(b) as a result of the negligence of a relevant person,
that person, as well as the body corporate, is guilty of the offence.
(3) A “relevant person” means—
(a) a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of a body corporate;
(b) in relation to a body corporate managed by its members, a member of that body performing managerial functions;
(c) in relation to a Scottish partnership, a partner;
(d) a person purporting to act as a person described in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1640/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/packaging-essential-requirements-regulations-2015/regulation-11
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