General Section 36: Liability of corporate officers for offences by bodies corporate etc.
In the case of an offence under the Act being committed by a body corporate (an organisation such as a company, corporation or institution) or Scottish Partnership, this section extends liability for the offence to a person who is an officer of the body corporate (as defined in subsection (2)) or an officer of the Scottish Partnership (as defined in subsection (3)) where the offence has been committed with the consent or connivance of that person, (subsection (1)).