Clause 11 - Offences by bodies corporate etc.
Homes Bill
6:45 pm
Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 46, in page 7, line 41, leave out subsection (1) and insert—
`( ) Any offence under this Part committed by a person in the course of his employment shall be treated as committed by his employer as well as by him, whether or not it was done with the employer's knowledge or approval, unless the employer shows that he took such steps as were reasonably practicable to prevent the employee from committing that act, or from doing in the course of his employment acts of that description.
( ) Any offence under this Part committed by a person as agent for another person with the authority (whether express or implied, and whether precedent or subsequent) of that person shall be treated as having been committed by that other person as well as by him.'.