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Animal Products Act 1999

Offences, penalties, and proceedings - Offences

143: Liability of directors and managers of companies

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"Company bosses can get in trouble if their company breaks the rules"

If a company breaks a rule in the Animal Products Act 1999, you can be guilty of the same offence if you are a director or manager of the company. This happens if the company did something wrong with your permission or because you said it was okay. You can also be guilty if you knew the company was going to break a rule or was already breaking one, and you did not try to stop it.

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Part 10Offences, penalties, and proceedings
Offences

143Liability of directors and managers of companies

  1. Where a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this Act, every director and every person concerned in the management of the body corporate is also guilty of a like offence if it is proved that—

  2. the act or omission that constituted the offence took place with the authority, permission, or consent of the director or person; or
    1. the director or person knew that the offence was to be or was being committed, and failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent or stop it.