Section 21 — Offences by directors, partners, etc

(1) Where an offence under this Part has been committed by a body corporate and it is proved that the offence—

(a) has been committed with the consent or connivance of a person falling within subsection (2), or

(b) is attributable to any neglect on the part of such a person,

that person (as well as the body corporate) is guilty of that offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(2) The persons are—

(a) a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body;

(b) any person who was purporting to act in such a capacity.

(3) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member, in connection with that management, as if the member were a director of the body corporate.

(4) Where an offence under this Part has been committed by a Scottish partnership and it is proved that the offence—

(a) has been committed with the consent or connivance of a partner in the partnership or a person purporting to act as such a partner, or

(b) is attributable to any neglect on the part of such a person,

that person (as well as the partnership) is guilty of that offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(5) Where a body corporate or Scottish partnership commits an offence under section 10 by virtue of section 11(1) or (2) (ticket touting outside the United Kingdom), subsections (1) to (4) apply only in respect of a person who is a United Kingdom person.