Partnership Act 1891

If this Act provides that a general partner (being a partnership and including an external partnership) in a limited partnership or incorporated limited partnership is guilty of an offence, the reference to the general partner is to be read as a reference—

to each partner in the partnership (or external partnership);

if the partnership (or external partnership) is one in which any partner has under the law of the place where it is formed limited liability for the liabilities of the partnership, each partner in the partnership whose liability is not so limited.

In any proceeding against a partner for an offence against this Act brought in reliance on subsection (1), it is a defence for the partner to prove that the partner took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.