17. Memorandum submitted by Gary Brown
I would like to make comments regarding the
wording of the Corporate Manslaughter Bill.
1. How does the Bill comply with the Human
Rights Act? Is this something that has yet to be considered?
2. How would 2(iii) be quantified? Is "profit"
defined in pure financial terms or could this be a wider interpretation.
For example a charity is a not for profit organisation but could
save money by ignoring its duty of care to employees and members
of the public. This is a wider interpretation of the word profit
and not necessarily profit in terms of for profit organisations.
3. Part 16 deals with extent and territorial
application. How would this apply to an organisation that has
business in the devolved administration of Scotland and also in
England and Wales? How would the law be considered to apply to
an organisation that is a subsidiary of one which has corporate
officers outside the jurisdiction of the UK?
8 April 2005
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