The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2008
S.I. 2008/396 · Made 14 February 2008
Criminal LAW
Made 14th February 2008
Laid before Parliament 19th February 2008
Coming into force 6th April 2008
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 22(1) of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide 2007 Act f1, makes the following Order:
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Footnotes
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Contents
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2008 and comes into force on 6th April 2008.
2Amendment of Schedule 1
Schedule 1 to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (list of government departments etc) is amended as follows.
At the appropriate places, insert “Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform”, “Department for Children, Schools and Families”, “Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills” and “Ministry of Justice (including the Scotland Office and the Wales Office)”.
Omit “Department for Constitutional Affairs (including the Scotland Office and the Wales Office)”, “Department for Education and Skills”, “Department of Trade and Industry”, “Office of the Deputy Prime Minister” and “Privy Council Office”.
Signature
Maria Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
14th February 2008
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends Schedule 1 to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 to update the list of government departments etc which can be guilty of the offence of corporate manslaughter (under the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland) or corporate homicide (under the law of Scotland).