Part 3: Building Act 1984 Building control authorities and building regulations Section 40: Liability of officers of body corporate Effect
This section inserts new section 112A into the Building Act 1984 which provides that, where a corporate body commits a criminal offence under that Act, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of that body is also deemed to have committed that offence in certain circumstances. Those circumstances are where the individual has consented to or connived in the commission of the offence or where the offence is attributable to any neglect on their part. Section 161 makes a similar provision in respect of the criminal offences in Parts 2 or 4 of this Act.