Next Stage Of CMCH Act Revealed

Details of the next stages of implementing the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act have been revealed in Parliament.

In a written ministerial statement, Maria Eagle, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Ministry of Justice, said that the Government is waiting for guidelines to be issued by the Sentencing Guidelines Council later this year before the section of the Act on publicity orders is implemented.

When that part of the Act comes into force a court will be able to impose a publicity order, requiring an organisation prosecuted of corporate manslaughter to publicise:

• the fact that it has been convicted;
• the particulars of the offence;
• the amount of any fine; and
• the terms of any remedial order.

Eagle also said that the procedures for caring for some of society’s most vulnerable or volatile people are highly complex, which is why the Government has given 3-5 years for custody providers to prepare for the implementation of the section of the Act dealing with deaths in custody:

“We are publishing a report today which discusses the progress made to date by the various custody providers and what remains to be done. While implementing the Act provides a useful catalyst and driver, reducing deaths in custody is a core part of long-term work by the Government together with custody providers, and this long-term agenda is reflected in the report.”

Ministry of Justice report

Source: Workplace Law Network

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