The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2008

Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 396

Criminal LAW

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2008

Made

14th February 2008

Laid before Parliament

19th February 2008

Coming into force

6th April 2008

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 22(1) of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide 2007 Act (1), makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2008 and comes into force on 6th April 2008.

Amendment of Schedule 1

2.—(1) Schedule 1 to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (list of government departments etc) is amended as follows.

(2) At the appropriate places, insert “Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform”, “Department for Children, Schools and Families”, “Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills” and “Ministry of Justice (including the Scotland Office and the Wales Office)”.

(3) Omit “Department for Constitutional Affairs (including the Scotland Office and the Wales Office)”, “Department for Education and Skills”, “Department of Trade and Industry”, “Office of the Deputy Prime Minister” and “Privy Council Office”.

Maria Eagle

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

14th February 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Schedule 1 to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 to update the list of government departments etc which can be guilty of the offence of corporate manslaughter (under the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland) or corporate homicide (under the law of Scotland).

(1)

2007 c. 19.