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Amendment 10A, relating to the Corporate Manslaughter
and Homicide Bill passed in the Commons, 16 May 2007
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| 5A |
The
Secretary of State may by order make amendments
to this section to the effect that a duty of care
owed by an organisation under the law of negligence
to a person who—
| (a) |
is
in any specified form of custody or detention,
or is otherwise on premises of a specified
description or on premises in specified
circumstances, and |
| (b) |
is
by reason of that fact a person for whose
safety the organisation is responsible,
is a “relevant duty of care”. |
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| 5B |
An
order under subsection (5A)—
| (a) |
may
amend this Act so as to specify exceptions
with respect to the application of any provision
contained in this section as a result of
such an order; |
| (b) |
may
make any amendment to this Act that is incidental
or supplemental to, or consequential on,
an amendment made by such an order. |
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| 5C |
An
order under subsection (5A) is subject to affirmative
resolution procedure.” |
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