PART 3Registered Pharmacies: Standards in retail pharmacies

Offences committed by partnershipsI1I215

1

Proceedings for an offence under article 14 alleged to have been committed by a partnership must be brought in the name of the partnership (and not in that of any of the partners).

2

Rules of court relating to the service of documents are to have effect as if the partnership were a body corporate.

3

In proceedings for an offence brought against a partnership, Schedule 3 to the Magistrates’ Courts Act 198032 (corporations) applies as it applies in relation to a body corporate.

4

A fine imposed on a partnership on its conviction for an offence is to be paid out of the assets of the partnership.