Section 33 — Landlord and Tenant Act 1985: Liability of directors, &c. for offences by body corporate.

Liability of directors, &c. for offences by body corporate. 33 1 Where an offence under this Act which has been committed by a body corporate is proved—

a to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity, or b to be attributable to any neglect on the part of such an officer or person, he, as well as the body corporate, is guilty of an offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

2 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 his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.