# Transport and Works Act 1992, Section 59: Offences by bodies corporate etc.


(1) Where an offence under this Part committed by a body corporate is committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in such a capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of the offence.
(2) In subsection (1) above “director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate.
(3) Where, in Scotland, an offence under this Part committed by a partnership or by an unincorporated association other than a partnership is committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner in the partnership or (as the case may be) a person concerned in the management or control of the association, he, as well as the partnership or association, shall be guilty of the offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/42/section/59 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-act-1992/section-59
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