# The Protection of Wrecks (RMS Titanic) Order 2003, Article 7: Offences: further provisions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Where an offence under this Order which is committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2) For this purpose “director”, in relation to any body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means any member of the body.
(3) Where an offence under this Order committed by a Scottish partnership or unincorporated association (other than a partnership) is proved to have been committed with the consent of or connivance of, or to be attributable to neglect on the part of, a partner in the partnership or, as the case may be, a person concerned in the management and control of the association, he (as well as the partnership) shall be guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2496/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wrecks-rms-titanic-order-2003/article-7
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