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Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 9 — Miscellaneous and general provisions
Chapter 2 — General
Expression
Provision
Telecommunications service
Section 261(11) and (12)
Telecommunication system
Section 261(13)
Working day
Section 263(1)
Supplementary provision
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Offences by bodies corporate etc.
(1)
This section applies if an offence under this Act is committed by a body
corporate or a Scottish partnership.
(2)
If the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance
of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of—
(a) a senior officer of the body corporate or Scottish partnership, or
(b) a person purporting to act in such a capacity,
the senior officer or person (as well as the body corporate or partnership) is
guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished
accordingly.
(3)
In this section—
“director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by
its members, means a member of the body corporate,
“senior officer” means—
(a) in relation to a body corporate, a director, manager, secretary or
other similar officer of the body corporate, and
(b) in relation to a Scottish partnership, a partner in the
partnership.
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Regulations
(1)
Any power of the Secretary of State or the Treasury to make regulations under
this Act—
(a) is exercisable by statutory instrument,
(b) may be exercised so as to make different provision for different
purposes or different areas, and
(c) includes power to make supplementary, incidental, consequential,
transitional, transitory or saving provision.
(2)
See sections 72(3) and 73(6) for the procedure for a statutory instrument
containing regulations under section 71 to which section 72 applies or (as the
case may be) regulations under section 73(4) to which section 73(5) applies
(enhanced affirmative procedure).
(3)
A statutory instrument containing regulations under—
(a) section 12(4) or 271(2) which amend or repeal any provision of primary
legislation,
(b) section 46(2),
(c) section 52(5),