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Criminal
Offences
There are two kinds of criminal offences that companies,
company directors and other individuals can commit in
relation to deaths and injuries resulting from corporate
or organisational activities:
- Regulatory Offences
These are offences either contained in legislation
that has been passed by Parliament (i.e. the Health
and Safety at Work Act 1974, Factories Act 1961,
Merchant Shipping Act 1998) or Regulations that
have been made by an order of a Minister under powers
provided by legislation (i.e. Management at Work
Regulations 1999.
The find out more about these offences, click
here
- Conventional Crimes of
Violence
The only 'conventional crime of violence' that is
currently considered to apply in the health and
safety arena is the offence of manslaughter.
To find out about the application of the law of
manslaughter to deaths resulting from corporate
activities, click here.
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