# Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, Section 18: Offences: companies &c.

Extent: E+W

(1) If an offence under section 9 ... or 38 ... is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to neglect on the part of—
(a) a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or
(b) a person purporting to act in such a capacity,
he (as well as the body) commits the offence.
(2) If an offence under section 9 ... or 38 ... is committed by a partnership (whether or not a limited partnership) and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to neglect on the part of—
(a) a partner, or
(b) a person purporting to act as a partner,
he (as well as the partnership) commits the offence.
(3) In subsection (1), “director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/47/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006/section-18
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