Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill
Schedule 1 — List of government departments etc

Schedules
Schedule 1
Section 1

List of government departments etc
Assets Recovery Agency
Attorney General’s Office
5
Cabinet Office
Central Office of Information
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Crown Prosecution Service
Department for Communities and Local Government
10
Department for Constitutional Affairs (including the Scotland Office and
the Wales Office)
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Education and Skills
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
15
Department for International Development
Department for Transport
Department for Work and Pensions
Department of Health
Department of Trade and Industry
20
Export Credits Guarantee Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Forestry Commission
General Register Office for Scotland
Government Actuary’s Department
25
Her Majesty’s Land Registry
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
Her Majesty’s Treasury
Home Office
Ministry of Defence
30
National Archives
National Archives of Scotland
National Audit Office
National Savings and Investments
Northern Ireland Audit Office
35
Northern Ireland Court Service
Northern Ireland Office
Office for National Statistics
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

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Office of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in
Wales
Ordnance Survey
Privy Council Office
Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland
5
Registers of Scotland Executive Agency
Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office
Royal Mint
Scottish Executive
Serious Fraud Office
10
Treasury Solicitor’s Department
UK Trade and Investment
Welsh Assembly Government
Schedule 2
Section 20

Minor and consequential amendments
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Coroners Act 1988 (c. 13)
1     (1)
The Coroners Act 1988 is amended as follows.
      (2)
In the following provisions, after “manslaughter” there is inserted
“, corporate manslaughter”—
(a)
section 11(6) (no finding of guilt at coroner’s inquest) (twice);
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(b)
subsection (1)(a)(i) of section 16 (adjournment of inquest in event of
criminal proceedings);
(c)
subsections (1)(a) and (2)(a) of section 17 (coroner to be informed of
result of criminal proceedings).
      (3)
In section 35(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “Greater London”
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there is inserted—
““person”, in relation to an offence of corporate manslaughter,
includes organisation;”.
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)
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In Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (qualifying offences for
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purposes of section 62), after paragraph 4 there is inserted—
“Corporate manslaughter
4A
An offence under section 1 of the Corporate Manslaughter and
Corporate Homicide Act 2006.”
3     (1)
Schedule 5 to that Act (qualifying offences for purposes of Part 10) is
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amended as follows.

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      (2)
After paragraph 4 there is inserted—
“Corporate manslaughter
4A
An offence under section 1 of the Corporate Manslaughter and
Corporate Homicide Act 2006.”
      (3)
After paragraph 33 there is inserted—
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“Corporate manslaughter
33A
An offence under section 1 of the Corporate Manslaughter and
Corporate Homicide Act 2006.”
Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1500 (N.I. 9))
4
In Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004
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(qualifying offences for purposes of Article 21), after paragraph 4 there is
inserted—
“Corporate manslaughter
4A
An offence under section 1 of the Corporate Manslaughter and
Corporate Homicide Act 2006.”
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