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9AA Abolition of year-and-a-day rule

(1)The rule of law known as the year-and-a-day rule (under which an act or omission that in fact causes death is not regarded as the cause of death if the death occurs more than a year and a day after the act or omission) is abolished.
(2)This section does not apply to acts or omissions alleged to have occurred—
(a)before the commencement of the Crimes (Year and a Day Rule) Act 1991; or
(b)between two dates, one before and one after that commencement.
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