Section 17 | Offences by partnerships in Scotland

In the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (c. 35), in section 11 (offences by bodies corporate)—

(a)the existing provision becomes subsection (1), and

(b)after that subsection there is inserted—

(2)Where an offence under this Act committed by a partnership in Scotland is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner or a person purporting to act as a partner, he, as well as the partnership, shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.