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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
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Section 1
SCHEDULE 1U.K.List of government departments etc
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 in force at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/401, art. 2
U.K.
F1...
Attorney General's Office
Cabinet Office
Central Office of Information
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Crown Prosecution Service
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F3...
[F4Department for Business and Trade]
F5...
F6...
F7...
F8...
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
[F9Department for Education]
F8...
[F4Department for Energy Security and Net Zero]
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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F11...
F12...
[F4Department for Science, Innovation and Technology]
Department for Transport
Department for Work and Pensions
F5...
Department of Health [F13and Social Care]
F8...
Export Credits Guarantee Department
[F14Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]
Forestry Commission
General Register Office for Scotland
Government Actuary's Department
Her Majesty's Land Registry
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Her Majesty's Treasury
Home Office
Ministry of Defence
F15...
[F16Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government]
[F17Ministry of Justice (including the Scotland Office and the Wales Office)]
National Archives
National Archives of Scotland
[F18National Crime Agency]
F19...
National Savings and Investments
National School of Government
Northern Ireland Audit Office
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Northern Ireland Office
Office for National Statistics
F8...
Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales
Ordnance Survey
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Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland
Registers of Scotland Executive Agency
F21...
Royal Mint
Scottish Executive
Serious Fraud Office
Treasury Solicitor's Department
F3...
Welsh Assembly Government
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 repealed (1.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 8 para. 178, Sch. 14; S.I. 2008/755, art. 2(1)(a)(d) (with arts. 3-14)
F2Sch. 1 entry omitted (13.11.2009) by virtue of Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2748), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 8(b) (with art. 7)
F3Words in Sch. 1 omitted (3.5.2023) by virtue of The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 14(a) (with art. 17)
F4Words in Sch. 1 inserted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 14(b) (with art. 17)
F5Words in Sch. 1 omitted (9.11.2016) by virtue of The Secretaries of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for International Trade and for Exiting the European Union and the Transfer of Functions (Education and Skills) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/992), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 12(b) (with art. 13)
F6Words in Sch. 1 omitted (18.8.2010) by virtue of The Secretary of State for Education Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1836), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(a)
F7Words in Sch. 1 omitted (11.4.2018) by virtue of The Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care and for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Transfer of Functions (Commonhold Land) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/378), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(a) (with art. 14)
F8Words in Sch. 1 omitted (6.4.2008) by virtue of Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/396), arts. 1, 2(3)
F9Words in Sch. 1 inserted (18.8.2010) by The Secretary of State for Education Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1836), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(b)
F10Sch. 1 entry omitted (13.11.2009) by virtue of Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2748), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 8(c) (with art. 7)
F11Words in Sch. 1 omitted (30.9.2020) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/942), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 6(a)
F12Words in Sch. 1 omitted (30.10.2024) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/991), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 10(a) (with art. 7)
F13Words in Sch. 1 inserted (11.4.2018) by The Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care and for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Transfer of Functions (Commonhold Land) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/378), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(b) (with art. 14)
F14Words in Sch. 1 substituted (30.9.2020) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/942), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 6(b)
F15Words in Sch. 1 omitted (8.12.2021) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 18(a) (with art. 12)
F16Words in Sch. 1 inserted (30.10.2024) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/991), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 10(b) (with art. 7)
F17Words in Sch. 1 inserted (6.4.2008) by Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/396), arts. 1, 2(2)
F18Words in Sch. 1 inserted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 175; S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)
F19Words in Sch. 1 omitted (1.4.2012) by virtue of Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (c. 4), s. 29, Sch. 5 para. 32 (with para. 32(2), Sch.); S.I. 2011/2576, art. 5
F20Words in Sch. 1 omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Court Service (Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/133), art. 1, Sch. para. 11 (with arts. 5-7)
F21Words in Sch. 1 omitted (27.3.2014) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/834), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 44
Section 26
SCHEDULE 2U.K.Minor and consequential amendments
Coroners Act 1988 (c. 13)U.K.
1(1)The Coroners Act 1988 is amended as follows.U.K.
(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);
(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” there is inserted—
““person”, in relation to an offence of corporate manslaughter, includes organisation;”.
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/401, art. 2
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)U.K.
2U.K.In Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (qualifying offences for purposes of section 62), after paragraph 4 there is inserted—
“Corporate manslaughterU.K.
4AAn offence under section 1 of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.”
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/401, art. 2
3(1)Schedule 5 to that Act (qualifying offences for purposes of Part 10) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)After paragraph 4 there is inserted—
“Corporate manslaughterU.K.
4AAn offence under section 1 of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.”
(3)After paragraph 33 there is inserted—
“Corporate manslaughterU.K.
33AAn offence under section 1 of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.”
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/401, art. 2
Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1500 (N.I. 9))U.K.
4U.K.In Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (qualifying offences for purposes of Article 21), after paragraph 4 there is inserted—
“Corporate manslaughterU.K.
4AAn offence under section 1 of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.”
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/401, art. 2
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