# The Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (England) Regulations 2008, Regulation 22: Offences by bodies corporate

Extent: E+W+S+NI

(1) If an offence committed by a body corporate is shown—
(a) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer; or
(b) to be attributable to any neglect on the officer’s part,
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 members in connection with their functions of management as if they were directors of the body.
(3) “Officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/465/regulation/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/products-of-animal-origin-disease-control-england-regulations-2008/regulation-22
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