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The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide (2007 Act) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

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Draft Order laid before the Assembly under section 24(9) of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 for approval

Criminal Law

Made ***

The Department of Justice makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 24(9) and 27(1) and (1A) of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007f1.

In accordance with section 24(9) of that Act a draft of this Order was laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2007 c.19. Section 24(9) was inserted by and section 27 was amended by paragraphs 4 and 5 respectively of Schedule 9 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976).

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 3rd September 2012
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide (2007 Act) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012.

2Provisions coming into force on 3rd September 2012

Section 2(1)(d) of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (duty owed to a person in custody to be a relevant duty of care) shall come into force on 3rd September 2012.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on *** 2012

L.S.

David Ford

Minister of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 3rd September 2012 section 2(1)(d) of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. Section 2 of that Act defines “relevant duty of care” for the purposes of the Act, and subsection (1)(d) states that a duty owed to a person in custody etc is to be such a relevant duty. This Order completes the bringing into force of that Act.