Commentary on provisions of Act Access and licensing: offences and consequential amendments Section 20: Offences by bodies corporate etc.
This section sets out the circumstances in which the officer of a body corporate as well as the body corporate may be found guilty of committing a relevant offence.
	Subsection (1) provides that an officer of a body corporate, as well as a body corporate, may be guilty of an offence where it is proved that an officer connived or consented to the offence, or that the offence was attributable to the neglect of an officer.
	Subsection (2) gives the meaning of "officer" in subsection (1).
	Subsection (3) provides for members of a body corporate to be treated as if they were directors, who are officers under subsection (2).
	Subsection (4) is a similar provision for subsection (1) but applies to a partner or person purporting to be a partner in a Scottish partnership.
	Subsection (5) defines the relevant offences.