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CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER AND CORPORATE HOMICIDE ACT 2008

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k979aaa
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CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER AND CORPORATE HOMICIDE ACT 2008

Post by k979aaa »

For on this very day 6 april 2008 this act of parliament has come into force!. It also lift's the immunity of govenment bodies makeing them liable for prosecution and has the power to fine upto 10% of turnover or more in the most serious cases!. I now wonder if the royalmail board can continue to stick it's head in the sand over the issue of private car's on delivery!.
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Is this act a UK wide one as the Scots have a seperate legal system from England
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combocrasher wrote:Is this act a UK wide one as the Scots have a seperate legal system from England
Yes this is uk wide here is the link to the article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7332900.stm
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Re: CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER AND CORPORATE HOMICIDE ACT 2008

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k979aaa wrote:For on this very day 6 april 2008 this act of parliament has come into force!. It also lift's the immunity of govenment bodies makeing them liable for prosecution and has the power to fine upto 10% of turnover or more in the most serious cases!. I now wonder if the royalmail board can continue to stick it's head in the sand over the issue of private car's on delivery!.
And the issue of people driving pissed and/or stoned, as happens in our office!
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Re: CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER AND CORPORATE HOMICIDE ACT 2008

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saru wrote:
k979aaa wrote:For on this very day 6 april 2008 this act of parliament has come into force!. It also lift's the immunity of govenment bodies makeing them liable for prosecution and has the power to fine upto 10% of turnover or more in the most serious cases!. I now wonder if the royalmail board can continue to stick it's head in the sand over the issue of private car's on delivery!.
And the issue of people driving pissed and/or stoned, as happens in our office!
I know it's symptomatic of the laissez-faire attitude of the management stcking their head's in the sand or up the DOM's backside!.
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Cheers K979aaa
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Post by shizsco »

that will be why the front page of the courier is pretending to be concerned about health and safety. the real reason is because of this act.They are always full of bull s**t
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Post by brothermagrew »

combocrasher wrote:Is this act a UK wide one as the Scots have a seperate legal system from England
The Corporate Manslaughter Act 2008 covers England, Wales & I think Northern Ireland the Corporate Homicide Act 2008 relates solely to Scotland.
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Post by smudger54 »

I take it that under this new act if you have a rta and kill someone and its found to be a result of poor servicing or faliure to send a vehicle to workshops after you pmt it then RM get hammered?
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