16 Transfer of functions
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (2007 c 19) | Legislation

16  Transfer of functions

(1)     This section applies where—

(a)     a person's death has occurred, or is alleged to have occurred, in connection with the carrying out of functions by a relevant public organisation, and

(b)     subsequently there is a transfer of those functions, with the result that they are still carried out but no longer by that organisation.

(2)     In this section “relevant public organisation” means—

(a)     a department or other body listed in Schedule 1;

(b)     a corporation that is a servant or agent of the Crown;

(c)     a police force.

(3)

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