The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide (2007 Act) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

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Publication 2012-07-06
State In force
Jurisdiction Northern Ireland
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Made: 6th July 2012

In accordance with section 24(9) of that Act a draft of this Order was laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide (2007 Act) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012.

Provisions coming into force on 3rd September 2012

2

Section 2(1)(d) of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (duty owed to a person in custody to be a relevant duty of care) shall come into force on 3rd September 2012.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 6th July 2012

David Ford — Minister of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into force on 3rd September 2012 section 2(1)(d) of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. Section 2 of that Act defines “relevant duty of care” for the purposes of the Act, and subsection (1)(d) states that a duty owed to a person in custody etc is to be such a relevant duty. This Order completes the bringing into force of that Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2007 c.19. Section 24(9) was inserted by and section 27 was amended by paragraphs 4 and 5 respectively of Schedule 9 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976).

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