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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Northern Ireland Statutory Rule: The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide (2007 Act) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 No. 286
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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.
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