Section 22 — Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006: Offence: bodies corporate, &c.

Offence: bodies corporate, &c. 22 1 For the purposes of section 21(1) a body (whether corporate or not) shall be treated as knowing a fact about an employee if a person who has responsibility within the body for an aspect of the employment knows the fact. 1A For the purposes of section 21(1A) a body (whether corporate or not) shall be treated as having reasonable cause to believe a fact about an employee if a person who has responsibility within the body for an aspect of the employment has reasonable cause to believe that fact.

2 If an offence under section 21(1) or (1A) is committed by a body corporate with the consent or connivance of an officer of the body, the officer, as well as the body, shall be treated as having committed the offence.

3 In subsection (2) a reference to an officer of a body includes a reference to—

a a director, manager or secretary, b a person purporting to act as a director, manager or secretary, and c if the affairs of the body are managed by its members, a member.

4 Where an offence under section 21(1) or (1A) is committed by a partnership (whether or not a limited partnership) subsection (2) above shall have effect, but as if a reference to an officer of the body were a reference to—

a a partner, and b a person purporting to act as a partner.