EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT 1996 ss.180 & 190 and TRADE UNION AND LABOUR RELATIONS (CONSOLIDATION) ACT 1992 s.194(3)
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It is common practice for statutes which impose criminal sanctions to provide that if the offence in question is committed by a company, then any director, manager, secretary or similar officer who consented to or connived at the offence or is negligently responsible for it, will himself/herself be guilty of a separate offence. The legislation on Health and Safety at work and on Environmental protection legislation, as well as employment legislation and the employment Part(s.8) of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, contain several such provisions (and see notes at Company Directors/health & safety matters ).

See also COMPANY DIRECTORS/personal liability and CRIMINAL LAW ASPECTS/offences under employment legislation .


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