Sentences with phrase «strict liability offence»

The court held that «public welfare offences», which include regulatory offences, are presumptively strict liability offences, not absolute liability.

The Court held there was no violation of ECHR, art 6 as the provisions of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 did not create an irrebuttable presumption that the defendant lacked a reasonable belief in the victim's consent, but rather created a strict liability offence.

I think) act defines the crime and seems to do so as a strict liability offence...

Just checked - it's clear that if you have sex with someone under 16, you need to show that you believed they were 16 or older (unless they are under 13 - it becomes a strict liability offence then).

To date, the two DPAs secured in the United Kingdom have not faced any difficult application of corporate criminal liability: Standard Bank plc related to the strict liability offence of failing to prevent bribery under section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010; XYZ Ltd applied to a small company in which the directing mind and will was easily identified.

Strict Liability Offences 7.

Looks like rape is a strict liability offence - that is, unlike some crimes where you need to prove that the criminal act was committed with intent of some kind (or sometimes recklessness), the intent is irrelevant; it is enough that the criminal act occurred.

However, whilst the CMCHA widened the corporate's accountability from a sufficiently senior individual to the «senior management», it did not create a strict liability offence.

In this case, the court specified that the Crown had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt: 1) that the strict liability offence constitutes an objectively dangerous act; 2) that the act constitutes a marked departure from the care that would have been taken by a reasonable person in the same circumstances; and 3) that a reasonable person, in the same circumstances, would have foreseen the risk of bodily harm.

This is a strict liability offence — if you are found to be over the legal limit you are guilty of the offence.

The effect is to make it a strict liability offence.

For instance in the Irish case of the Director of Public Prosecutions v Maresa Cagney [2013] 3 JIC 1101 where the Director of Public Prosecutions relied on the case of DPP v. Patricia Behan [2003] JIC 0304, in support of the proposition that failing to provide samples of her breath under section 13 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 Act was a strict liability offence with a limited defence.

This offence is a strict liability offence, which means that the Crown only needs to prove that the prohibited act did occur, despite you not remembering or seeing the notice.

Additionally, reg 16 provides that where one of the strict liability offences committed by a trader is due to the act or default of some other person, then that other person is also guilty of the offence, whether or not he is a trader and whether or not his act or default is a commercial practice.

Strict liability offences are created by reg 9 (misleading actions), reg 10 (misleading omissions), reg 11 (aggressive practices) and reg 12 (unfair practices on the «blacklist» set out in Sch 1).

However, by limiting an appeal to the amount of the fine only where the compliance order has not been appealed, the Appeal Panel has essentially changed what otherwise would be a strict liability offence into an absolute liability offence.

For example, breach of an obligation to notify, or of an obligation to comply with an order of the privacy commissioner or review officer respecting breach notification, could be expressly made a strict liability offence, so that the non-compliant person would have to demonstrate due diligence in order to avoid conviction.

«Strict liability offences» involve serious personal obligations that could leave directors personally liable in certain circumstances.