# Transport Act 2000, Section 273: Offences: general.


(1) If an offence under this Act 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 who was purporting to act in such a capacity,
he (as well as the body) commits the offence.
(2) In subsection (1) “director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body.
(3) If an offence under this Act is committed by a Scottish partnership and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a partner, he (as well as the partnership) commits the offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/38/section/273 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/section-273
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