In Canada Bill C-45 was enacted as a response to the Westray Mine explosion that killed twenty-six miners in 1992 . The Bill added a new section to the Canadian Criminal Code which reads , " 217.1 Every one who undertakes , or has the authority , to direct how another person does work or performs a task is under a legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm to that person , or any other person , arising from that work or task . " In 2012 , proposals were put forward in the New Zealand Parliament for a corporate manslaughter statute , in the wake of the CTV building collapse during the 2011 Canterbury earthquake , and the Pike River Mine disaster . As of March 2015 Labour Party leader Andrew Little had a private member 's bill in the ballot that would , if passed , add a charge of corporate manslaughter to the Crimes Act 1961
Pike River Mine disaster
Pike River Mine disaster
Corporate manslaughter