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The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2011

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Draft 2011, ISBN 9780111511473

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Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 27(2) of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Criminal Law

Made ***

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(1) of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007f1.

In accordance with section 27(2) of that Act a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2007 c. 19; section 27 was amended by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), Schedule 9, paragraph 5.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 1st September 2011
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2011.

2Provisions coming into force on 1st September 2011

Section 2(1)(d) of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (duty owed to a person in custody etc. to be a relevant duty of care) comes into force on 1st September 2011.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Signed

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 2(1)(d) of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (c. 19) both in England and Wales and in Scotland on 1st September 2011.

Section 2(1)(d) sets out the duty of care owed to a person in custody etc. which is a relevant duty of care for the purposes of the Act.