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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (c. 19)

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Schedule 1—List of government departments etc

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Office of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales

Ordnance Survey

Privy Council Office

Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland

Registers of Scotland Executive Agency

Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office

Royal Mint

Scottish Executive

Serious Fraud Office

Treasury Solicitor’s Department

UK Trade and Investment

Welsh Assembly Government

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SCHEDULE 2

Section 26

PART 1
Minor and consequential amendments

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);

(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;”.

Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)

2 In Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (qualifying offences for 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 2007.”

3 (1) Schedule 5 to that Act (qualifying offences for purposes of Part 10) is amended as follows.