MiscellaneousU.K.

19Convictions under this Act and under health and safety legislationU.K.

(1)Where in the same proceedings there is—

(a)a charge of corporate manslaughter or corporate homicide arising out of a particular set of circumstances, and

(b)a charge against the same defendant of a health and safety offence arising out of some or all of those circumstances,

the jury may, if the interests of justice so require, be invited to return a verdict on each charge.

(2)An organisation that has been convicted of corporate manslaughter or corporate homicide arising out of a particular set of circumstances may, if the interests of justice so require, be charged with a health and safety offence arising out of some or all of those circumstances.

(3)In this section “health and safety offence” means an offence under any health and safety legislation.