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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007

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As published

25 Interpretation

In this Act— “armed forces” has the meaning given by section 12(1); “corporation” does not include a corporation sole but includes any body corporate wherever incorporated; “employee” means an individual who works under a contract of employment or apprenticeship (whether express or implied and, if express, whether oral or in writing), and related expressions are to be construed accordingly; see also sections 11(3)(a), 12(2) and 13(3) (which apply for the purposes of section 2); “employers' association” has the meaning given by section 122 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52) or Article 4 of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/807 (N.I. 5)); “enforcement authority” means an authority responsible for the enforcement of any health and safety legislation; “health and safety legislation” means any statutory provision dealing with health and safety matters, including in particular provision contained in the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) or the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)) and provision dealing with health and safety matters contained in Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013 (nuclear regulation); “member”, in relation to the armed forces, is to be read in accordance with section 12(3); “partnership” means— a partnership within the Partnership Act 1890 (c. 39), or a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (c. 24), or a firm or entity of a similar character formed under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom; “police force” has the meaning given by section 13(1); “premises” includes land, buildings and moveable structures; “public authority” has the same meaning as in section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42) (disregarding subsections (3)(a) and (4) of that section); “publicity order” means an order under section 10(1); “remedial order” means an order under section 9(1); “statutory provision”, except in section 15, means provision contained in, or in an instrument made under, any Act, any Act of the Scottish Parliament or any Northern Ireland legislation; “trade union” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52) or Article 3 of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/807 (N.I. 5)).

Your change, as a redline

25 Interpretation

In this Act— “armed forces” has the meaning given by section 12(1); “corporation” does not include a corporation sole but includes any body corporate wherever incorporated; “employee” means an individual who works under a contract of employment or apprenticeship (whether express or implied and, if express, whether oral or in writing), and related expressions are to be construed accordingly; see also sections 11(3)(a), 12(2) and 13(3) (which apply for the purposes of section 2); “employers' association” has the meaning given by section 122 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52) or Article 4 of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/807 (N.I. 5)); “enforcement authority” means an authority responsible for the enforcement of any health and safety legislation; “health and safety legislation” means any statutory provision dealing with health and safety matters, including in particular provision contained in the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) or the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)) and provision dealing with health and safety matters contained in Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013 (nuclear regulation); “member”, in relation to the armed forces, is to be read in accordance with section 12(3); “partnership” means— a partnership within the Partnership Act 1890 (c. 39), or a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (c. 24), or a firm or entity of a similar character formed under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom; “police force” has the meaning given by section 13(1); “premises” includes land, buildings and moveable structures; “public authority” has the same meaning as in section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42) (disregarding subsections (3)(a) and (4) of that section); “publicity order” means an order under section 10(1); “remedial order” means an order under section 9(1); “statutory provision”, except in section 15, means provision contained in, or in an instrument made under, any Act, any Act of the Scottish Parliament or any Northern Ireland legislation; “trade union” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52) or Article 3 of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/807 (N.I. 5)).

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