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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporate-manslaughter-and-corporate-homicide-act-2007/section-17",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/19",
  "legislation_title": "Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporate-manslaughter-and-corporate-homicide-act-2007",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "DPP's consent required for proceedings",
  "text": "Proceedings for an offence of corporate manslaughter—\n(a) may not be instituted in England and Wales without the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions;\n(b) may not be instituted in Northern Ireland without the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/401, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/19/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:38.238479+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}