# The Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018, Regulation 10: Liability of persons other than the principal offender


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

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/390/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/personal-protective-equipment-enforcement-regulations-2018/regulation-10
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