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(1)Where in the same proceedings there is—
(a)a charge of corporate manslaughter or corporate homicide arising out of a particular set of circumstances, and
(b)a charge against the same defendant of a health and safety offence arising out of some or all of those circumstances,
the jury may, if the interests of justice so require, be invited to return a verdict on each charge.
(2)An organisation that has been convicted of corporate manslaughter or corporate homicide arising out of a particular set of circumstances may, if the interests of justice so require, be charged with a health and safety offence arising out of some or all of those circumstances.
(3)In this section “health and safety offence” means an offence under any health and safety legislation.
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