PART 3ENFORCEMENT, PENALTIES AND APPEALS

Offences by corporate bodies, partnerships and unincorporated associationsI122

1

In its application to these Regulations, section 20 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (offences by bodies corporate) has effect as if –

a

in subsection (2) the words “the liability of whose members is limited” were omitted and where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, as if, in relation to the acts or defaults of a member in connection with the member’s functions of management, the member were a director of the body corporate;

b

subsection (3) was omitted.

2

If any offence under these Regulations committed by a partnership is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner, that partner as well as the partnership is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

3

If any offence under these Regulations committed by an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, an officer of the association or a member of its governing body, that officer or member as well as the association is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

4

In paragraph (2) “partner” includes a person purporting to act as a partner.