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Report Stage Proceedings: 10 October 2011                

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Alan Johnson

 

Hazel Blears

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Siobhain McDonagh

 

Andrew Percy

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  82

 

Page  17,  line  9  [Clause  25],  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

in the case of material taken or derived less than six years before the

 

commencement day from a person who—

 

(i)    

was arrested for, or charged with, the offence and

 

(ii)    

has not been convicted of the offence,

 

    

the destruction of the material at the end of the period of six years

 

beginning with the day on which the material was taken or derived.’.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  33

 

Page  90,  line  24  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

‘(da)    

any of the fingerprints, data or samples obtained under paragraph 1 or

 

4 of Schedule 6 to the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation

 

Measures Act 2011, or information derived from such samples,’.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  34

 

Page  95,  line  31  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

  ‘(1A)  

Subject to sub-paragraph (1), a relevant search (within the meaning given by

 

paragraph 20A(6)) may be carried out in relation to material to which

 

paragraph 20A or 20G applies if the responsible chief officer of police

 

considers the search to be desirable.’.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  35

 

Page  96,  line  10  [Schedule  1],  after ‘(1)’ insert ‘, (1A)’.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  36

 

Page  97,  line  16  [Schedule  1],  leave out ‘paragraph 20H’ and insert ‘a relevant


 
 

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search (within the meaning given by paragraph 20A(6)) or for the purposes of’.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  37

 

Page  100,  line  18  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Subject to subsection (1), section 18 material may be checked against other

 

fingerprints, DNA samples or DNA profiles held by a law enforcement authority

 

or the Scottish Police Services Authority if the responsible officer considers the

 

check to be desirable.’.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  38

 

Page  103,  line  6  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

‘Part 3A

 

Material subject to the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures

 

Act 2011

 

4A         

After paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 6 to the Terrorism Prevention and

 

Investigation Measures Act 2011(fingerprints and samples) insert—

 

“(2A)  

But a person is not to be treated as having been convicted of an

 

offence if that conviction is a disregarded conviction or caution by

 

virtue of section 88 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2011.”’.

 


 

New Clauses and New Schedules relating to, and Amendments to, Chapter

 

2 of Part 3

 

Offence of issuing excess parking charges

 

Diana Johnson

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Negatived on division  NC15

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

A person commits an offence who, without lawful authority requires a driver or

 

any person in possession of a vehicle to pay parking charges in relation to a

 

contract to park that vehicle.

 

(2)    

The express or implied consent (whether or not legally binding) of a person

 

otherwise entitled to enter into a contract regarding parking is not lawful authority

 

for the purposes of subsection (1).


 
 

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(3)    

Subsection (2) does not apply where—

 

(a)    

the person or body attempting to enforce the parking charges is a member

 

of an Accredited Trade Association so accredited by the Secretary of

 

State;

 

(b)    

the penalty charge can be appealed to an independent body;

 

(c)    

the person or body attempting to enforce the parking charges takes

 

reasonable steps to inform the driver or keeper of the vehicle about the

 

right to appeal; and

 

(d)    

the person or body follows a prescribed parking enforcement process

 

including clear signage and contact numbers.

 

(4)    

The Secretary of State can, by way of regulation, introduce a maximum charge,

 

under which parking charges would not be subject to subsection (1).

 

(5)    

A person who is entitled to remove a vehicle cannot commit an offence under this

 

section in relation to that vehicle.

 

(6)    

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

 

(a)    

on conviction on indictment, to a fine,

 

(b)    

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum

 

which must be no higher than charges for an on-street parking offence.

 

(7)    

In this section “motor vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle or a

 

vehicle designed or adapted for towing by a mechanically propelled vehicle.’.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  21

 

Page  38  [Clause  54],  leave out lines 14 to 18 and insert—

 

‘(3)    

But, where the restriction of the movement of the vehicle is by means of a fixed

 

barrier and the barrier was present (whether or not lowered into place or otherwise

 

restricting movement) when the vehicle was parked, any express or implied

 

consent (whether or not legally binding) of the driver of the vehicle to the

 

restriction is, for the purposes of subsection (1), lawful authority for the

 

restriction.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  76

 

Page  39,  line  11  [Clause  56],  leave out from ‘keeper’ to ‘has’ in line 12 and insert

 

‘or hirer of a vehicle in certain circumstances)’.

 

Henry Smith

 

Not selected  81

 

Page  39,  line  12  [Clause  56],  at end add—

 

‘( )    

The Secretary of State shall make provision for the purpose of providing

 

independent redress, which is free to consumers and funded through the industry,

 

where:

 

(a)    

the driver of a vehicle is required by a relevant contract to pay parking

 

charges in respect of the parking on relevant land; and either

 

(b)    

those charges are disputed; or


 
 

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(c)    

there are reasonable grounds for challenging any claimed breach of the

 

contract in (a), including disproportionate charging and inadequate

 

signage.’.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  39

 

Page  113,  line  11  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘a relevant contract’ and insert ‘virtue of

 

a relevant obligation’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  40

 

Page  113,  line  14  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘or have only been partly paid’ and insert

 

‘in full’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  41

 

Page  113,  line  22  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘claim’ and insert ‘recover’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  42

 

Page  113,  line  24  [Schedule  4],  leave out from ‘service”’ to end of line 25 and

 

insert ‘means—

 

(a)    

in the case of the keeper, an address which is either—

 

(i)    

an address at which documents relating to civil proceedings

 

could properly be served on the person concerned under Civil

 

Procedure Rules; or

 

(ii)    

the keeper’s registered address (if there is one); or

 

(b)    

in the case of the driver, an address at which the driver for the time

 

being resides or can conveniently be contacted;’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  43

 

Page  113,  line  30  [Schedule  4],  at end insert—

 

‘“notice to driver” means a notice given in accordance with paragraph 6A;

 

“notice to keeper” means a notice given in accordance with paragraph 6B or

 

6C (as the case may be);’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  44

 

Page  113,  line  31  [Schedule  4],  leave out from ‘charge”’ to end of line 33 and

 

insert—

 

‘—

 

(a)    

in the case of a relevant obligation arising under the terms of a

 

relevant contract, means a sum in the nature of a fee or charge,

 

and

 

(b)    

in the case of a relevant obligation arising as a result of a trespass

 

or other tort, means a sum in the nature of damages,

 

however the sum in question is described;’.


 
 

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Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  45

 

Page  113,  line  33  [Schedule  4],  at end insert—

 

‘“registered address” means, in relation to the keeper of a registered vehicle,

 

the address described in paragraph 7(3)(b) (as provided by the Secretary

 

of State in response to the application for the keeper’s details required by

 

paragraph 7);’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  46

 

Page  113,  line  39  [Schedule  4],  after ‘on the’ insert ‘relevant’.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  47

 

Page  114,  line  3  [Schedule  4],  at end insert—

 

‘“relevant obligation” means—

 

(c)    

an obligation arising under the terms of a relevant contract; or

 

(d)    

an obligation arising, in any circumstances where there is no

 

relevant contract, as a result of a trespass or other tort committed

 

by parking the vehicle on the relevant land;’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  48

 

Page  114  [Schedule  4],  leave out lines 4 to 6.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  49

 

Page  114,  line  8  [Schedule  4],  at end insert—

 

    ‘(2)  

The reference in the definition of “parking charge” to a sum in the nature of

 

damages is to a sum of which adequate notice was given to drivers of vehicles

 

(when the vehicle was parked on the relevant land).

 

      (3)  

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) “adequate notice” means notice given

 

by—

 

(a)    

the display of one or more notices in accordance with any applicable

 

requirements prescribed in regulations under paragraph 7A for, or for

 

purposes including, the purposes of sub-paragraph (2); or

 

(b)    

where no such requirements apply, the display of one or more notices

 

which—

 

(i)    

specify the sum as the charge for unauthorised parking; and

 

(ii)    

are adequate to bring the charge to the notice of drivers who

 

park vehicles on the relevant land.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  50

 

Page  114,  line  40  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘claim payment of’ and insert ‘recover’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  51

 

Page  114,  line  42  [Schedule  4],  leave out sub-paragraphs (2) to (6) and insert—


 
 

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    ‘(2)  

The right under this paragraph applies only if—

 

(a)    

the conditions specified in paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 7A (so far as

 

applicable) are met; and

 

(b)    

the vehicle was not a stolen vehicle at the beginning of the period of

 

parking to which the unpaid parking charges relate.

 

      (3)  

For the purposes of the condition in sub-paragraph (2)(b), the vehicle is to be

 

presumed not to be a stolen vehicle at the material time, unless the contrary is

 

proved.

 

      (4)  

The right under this paragraph may only be exercised after the end of the

 

period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice to keeper is

 

given.’.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  52

 

Page  115,  line  17  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘claimed’ and insert ‘recovered’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  53

 

Page  115,  line  18  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘the driver under paragraph 6(2)(d) less’

 

and insert ‘keeper under paragraph 6B(2)(c) or (d) or, as the case may be, 6C(2)(d) (less’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  54

 

Page  115,  line  20  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘notice is given’ and insert ‘time so

 

specified)’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  77

 

Page  115,  line  23  [Schedule  4],  at end insert—

 

    ‘(9)  

The right under this paragraph is subject to paragraph 7B (which provides for

 

the right not to apply in certain circumstances in the case of a hire car).’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  55

 

Page  115,  line  26  [Schedule  4],  leave out from ‘vehicle’ to ‘but’ in line 28 and

 

insert ‘the requirement to pay the unpaid parking charges;’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  56

 

Page  115,  line  29  [Schedule  4],  leave out ‘enforce those terms’ and insert ‘take

 

steps to enforce that requirement’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  57

 

Page  115,  line  32  [Schedule  4],  leave out sub-paragraph (2) and insert—

 

    ‘(2)  

Sub-paragraph (1)(b) ceases to apply if (at any time after the end of the period

 

of 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice to keeper is given) the

 

creditor begins proceedings to recover the unpaid parking charges from the

 

keeper.’.


 
 

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Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  58

 

Page  115,  line  34  [Schedule  4],  leave out sub-paragraph (3).

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  59

 

Page  115,  line  38  [Schedule  4],  leave out paragraph 6 and insert—

 

‘6  (1)  

The second condition is that the creditor (or a person acting for or on behalf of

 

the creditor)—

 

(a)    

has given a notice to driver in accordance with paragraph 6A, followed

 

by a notice to keeper in accordance with paragraph 6B; or

 

(b)    

has given a notice to keeper in accordance with paragraph 6C.

 

      (2)  

If a notice to driver has been given, any subsequent notice to keeper must be

 

given in accordance with paragraph 6B.

 

6A  (1)  

A notice which is to be relied on as a notice to driver for the purposes of

 

paragraph 6(1)(a) is given in accordance with this paragraph if the following

 

requirements are met.

 

      (2)  

The notice must—

 

(a)    

specify the vehicle, the relevant land on which it was parked and the

 

period of parking to which the notice relates;

 

(b)    

inform the driver of the requirement to pay parking charges in respect

 

of the specified period of parking and describe those charges, the

 

circumstances in which the requirement arose (including the means by

 

which it was brought to the attention of drivers) and the other facts that

 

made those charges payable;

 

(c)    

inform the driver that the parking charges relating to the specified

 

period of parking have not been paid in full and specify the total

 

amount of the unpaid parking charges relating to that period, as at a

 

time which is—

 

(i)    

specified in the notice; and

 

(ii)    

no later than the time specified under paragraph (f);

 

(d)    

inform the driver of any discount offered for prompt payment and the

 

arrangements for the resolution of disputes or complaints that are

 

available;

 

(e)    

identify the creditor and specify how and to whom payment may be

 

made;

 

(f)    

specify the time when the notice is given and the date.

 

      (3)  

The notice must relate only to a single period of parking specified under sub-

 

paragraph (2)(a) (but this does not prevent the giving of separate notices each

 

specifying different parts of a single period of parking).

 

      (4)  

The notice must be given—

 

(a)    

before the vehicle is removed from the relevant land after the end of

 

the period of parking to which the notice relates, and

 

(b)    

while the vehicle is stationary,

 

            

by affixing it to the vehicle or by handing it to a person appearing to be in

 

charge of the vehicle.

 

6B  (1)  

A notice which is to be relied on as a notice to keeper for the purposes of

 

paragraph 6(1)(a) is given in accordance with this paragraph if the following

 

requirements are met.

 

      (2)  

The notice must—

 

(a)    

specify the vehicle, the relevant land on which it was parked and the

 

period of parking to which the notice relates;


 
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