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Part VIIIU.K. General
110 Offences by bodies corporate.U.K.
(1)Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under this Act or any order or scheme made thereunder and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any 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)Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, the foregoing subsection shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.
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C1S. 110 applied (with modifications) (2.8.1999) by S.I. 1999/1871, reg. 90(5)(6)
C2S. 110 applied (with modifications) (E.) (4.10.2004) by Genetically Modified Animal Feed (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2334), regs. 1(b), 6(2)(i)
C3S. 110 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (8.10.2004) by The Genetically Modified Animal Feed Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/386), regs. 1, 6
C4S. 110 applied (with modifications) (S.) (15.11.2004) by Genetically Modified Animal Feed (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/433), regs. 1(1), 6(1)(c)
C5S. 110 applied (with modifications) (W.) (17.12.2004) by The Genetically Modified Animal Feed (Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3221), regs. 1(b), 6(2)(i)
C6S. 110 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.1.2005) by The Feeding Stuffs (Safety Requirements for Feed for Food-Producing Animals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/506), regs. 1(1), 4(1), 4(2)
C7S. 110 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (1.1.2005) by Feeding Stuffs (Safety Requirements for Feed for Food-Producing Animals) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3254), regs. 1, 4(2)(j)
C8S. 110 applied (with modifications) (E.) (30.4.2005) by Feed (Corn Gluten Feed and Brewers Grains) (Emergency Control) (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1265), regs. 1(1), 5
C9S. 110 applied (with modifications) (S.) (6.5.2005) by Feed (Corn Gluten Feed and Brewers Grains) (Emergency Control) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/246), regs. 1(1), 5
C10S. 110 applied (with modifications) (W.) (13.5.2005) by The Feed (Corn Gluten Feed and Brewers Grains) (Emergency Control) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1323), regs. 1(1), 5(1), 5(2)(i)
C11S. 110 amendment to earlier affecting provision S.R. 2004/386 reg. 6 (N.I.) (11.10.2010) by The Feed (Sampling and Analysis and Specified Undesirable Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/323), regs. 1, 21(2)
C12S. 110(1) modified (6.5.1998) (N.I.) by S.I. 1998/1049, reg. 96(2)(c)
111 Expenses and receipts.U.K.
(1)There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament—
(a)any expenditure incurred by any Minister under or by virtue of this Act; and
(b)any increase attributable to any provision of this Act in the sums payable out of moneys so provided under any other enactment.
(2)All receipts of any Minister under this Act F1... shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 111(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Group 1
112. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2U.K.
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113 Short title, construction of references and repeals.U.K.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Agriculture Act 1970.
(2)Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment, including any enactment contained in this Act.
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
(4)The inclusion in this Act of any express saving, transitional provision or amendment shall not be taken as affecting the operation in relation to this Act of [F4sections 16(1) and 17(2) (a) of the M1Interpretation Act 1978] (which relates to the effect of repeals).
Textual Amendments
F4Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 25(2)
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