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Schedule  11,  page  170,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘Prison Act 1952 (c. 52)

 

            

In section 43(1) of the Prison Act 1952 (power of Secretary of State to provide

 

young offender institutions, secure training centres etc), at the end of

 

paragraph (d) insert “and in which children who have been remanded to youth

 

detention accommodation under section 74(4) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing

 

and Punishment of Offenders Act 2011 may be detained”.’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Schedule  11,  page  172,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

‘Child Abduction Act 1984 (c. 37)

 

            

The Child Abduction Act 1984 is amended as follows.

 

            

In section 1(8) (offence of child abduction: modifications in relation to

 

children remanded to local authority accommodation etc), for “to a local

 

authority accommodation” substitute “otherwise than on bail”.

 

            

In paragraph 2 of the Schedule (modifications of section 1 in case of children

 

in places of safety etc)—

 

(a)    

in sub-paragraph (1), in paragraph (b) omit “section 23 of the Children

 

and Young Persons Act 1969,”,

 

(b)    

in that sub-paragraph, at the end of paragraph (ba) insert “; or

 

(bb)    

remanded to local authority accommodation or

 

youth detention accommodation under section 74

 

of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of

 

Offenders Act 2011.”, and

 

(c)    

in sub-paragraph (2)(a), after “place of safety” insert “, local authority

 

accommodation or youth detention accommodation”.

 

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)

 

            

In section 17(1)(ca) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (powers of

 

entry and search of premises for purpose of arresting child or young person

 

remanded to local authority accommodation), for the words from “or

 

committed” to “that Act” substitute “to local authority accommodation or

 

youth detention accommodation under section 74 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing

 

and Punishment of Offenders Act 2011”.

 

Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23)

 

            

In section 22(11) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (time limits in

 

relation to preliminary stages of criminal proceedings: interpretation), in the

 

definition of “custody” for the words from “to which” to “Act 1969” substitute

 

“or youth detention accommodation to which a person is remanded under

 

section 74 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act

 

2011”.’.


 
 

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Schedule  11,  page  172,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

‘Bail (Amendment) Act 1993 (c. 26)

 

            

In section 1(10) of the Bail (Amendment) Act 1993 (prosecution right of

 

appeal against grant of bail: application to children and young persons)—

 

(a)    

for the words from “child” to “Act 1969)” substitute “person under the

 

age of 18”, and

 

(b)    

in paragraph (b) for the words from “section 23” to “accommodation”

 

substitute “Chapter 3 of Part 3 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and

 

Punishment of Offenders Act 2011 (remands of children otherwise

 

than on bail)”.’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Schedule  11,  page  172,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

    ‘( )  

In section 92(3) (application of prisoner escort provisions to persons remanded

 

etc under section 23 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969)—

 

(a)    

in paragraph (a), for the words from “or committed” to “1969 Act”

 

substitute “to local authority accommodation or youth detention

 

accommodation under section 74 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and

 

Punishment of Offenders Act 2011”, and

 

(b)    

in paragraph (b), for “such accommodation” substitute

 

“accommodation in which a person is or is to be accommodated

 

pursuant to such a remand”.’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Schedule  11,  page  172,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

    ‘( )  

In section 38(4)(d) (definition of “youth justice services”: placements pursuant

 

to remands to local authority accommodation) for the words from “or

 

committed” to “1969 Act”)” substitute “to such accommodation under section

 

74(3) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2011”.’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Schedule  11,  page  172,  line  34,  after ‘omit’ insert ‘—

 

(a)    

paragraph (i)(iii) (agreements for the provision of accommodation for

 

detention under section 23(4)(c) of the Children and Young Persons

 

Act 1969 as modified by section 98 of the Crime and Disorder Act

 

1998), and

 

(b)    

’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Schedule  11,  page  172,  line  35,  at end insert—

 

    ‘( )  

In section 57A(3) (use of live link for accused’s attendance at preliminary or

 

sentencing hearing: interpretation), in paragraph (a) of the definition of

 

“custody”, for the words from “to which” to “Act 1969” substitute “or youth

 

detention accommodation to which a person is remanded under section 74 of

 

the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2011”.’.


 
 

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Schedule  11,  page  173,  line  3,  after ‘paragraphs’ insert ‘4,’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

263

 

Schedule  11,  page  173,  line  15,  leave out ‘paragraph’ and insert ‘paragraphs 93(b)

 

and’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Schedule  11,  page  173,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

‘          

The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.

 

            

In section 242 (interpretation of provisions about crediting periods of remand

 

in custody)—

 

(a)    

in subsection (2)(b), for the words from “or committed” to “that

 

section” substitute “to youth detention accommodation under section

 

74(4) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act

 

2011”, and

 

(b)    

omit subsection (3).’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Schedule  11,  page  173,  line  33,  leave out ‘to the Criminal Justice Act 2003’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Schedule  11,  page  174,  line  15,  at end insert—

 

‘Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26)

 

            

In paragraph 14(3) of Schedule 5A to the Policing and Crime Act 2009

 

(detention order for breach of injunction: meaning of youth detention

 

accommodation) for paragraph (c) substitute—

 

“(c)    

a secure children’s home, as defined by section 85(10) of

 

the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders

 

Act 2011.”’.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Clause  89,  page  66,  line  12,  leave out ‘to receive the child’ and insert ‘as the

 

designated authority for the child’.


 
 

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Clause  89,  page  66,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In this Chapter, references to a child who is looked after by a local authority are

 

to be construed in accordance with section 22 of the Children Act 1989.’.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Clause  91,  page  68,  leave out lines 45 and 46 and insert—

 

‘( )    

subject to any requirement imposed for the purpose of securing

 

the electronic monitoring of the offender’s compliance with a

 

curfew requirement,’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Clause  91,  page  69,  line  29,  after ‘subsection (12)’ insert ‘—

 

( )    

before the definition of “electronic monitoring condition”

 

insert—

 

““curfew requirement” means a requirement (however described)

 

to remain at one or more specified places for a specified number

 

of hours in any given day, provided that the requirement is

 

imposed by a court or the Secretary of State and arises as a result

 

of a conviction;”;

 

( )    

’.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Clause  92,  page  70,  line  3,  leave out ‘“section 240 or 240A” substitute “section

 

240A”’ and insert ‘“a direction under section 240 or 240A includes a direction under”

 

substitute “section 240ZA includes”’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Clause  92,  page  70,  line  19,  leave out ‘“section 240” substitute “section 240A”’

 

and insert ‘“a direction under section 240 includes a direction under” substitute “section

 

240ZA includes”’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Clause  92,  page  70,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In section 269 (determination of minimum term in relation to mandatory life

 

sentence)—

 

(a)    

in subsection (3)(b), for the words from “any direction which it would

 

have given” to “certain types of condition)” substitute “section 240ZA

 

(crediting periods of remand in custody) or of any direction which it

 

would have given under section 240A (crediting periods of remand on

 

certain types of bail)”;


 
 

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(b)    

after that subsection insert—

 

“(3A)    

The reference in subsection (3)(b) to section 240ZA includes

 

section 246 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (crediting periods in

 

service custody).”’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

383

 

Clause  92,  page  70,  line  22,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Schedule (Crediting of time in custody: Armed Forces amendments) (crediting of

 

time in custody: Armed Forces amendments) has effect.’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

384

 

Clause  92,  page  70,  line  26,  at end insert ‘and (3)’.

 


 

Helen Goodman

 

411

 

Clause  93,  page  70,  line  37,  leave out section (2) and insert—

 

‘(2)    

A person sentenced to more than four months but less than 12 months shall be

 

supervised by the Probation Service on their release following their requisite

 

custodial period until the full sentence has expired.’.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Clause  97,  page  76,  leave out lines 16 to 18 and insert—

 

‘( )    

In this section—

 

“specified Class A drug” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Criminal

 

Justice and Court Services Act 2000;

 

“trigger offence”—

 

(a)    

has the same meaning as in that Part, unless paragraph (b)

 

applies;

 

(b)    

if the offender’s term of detention was imposed for an offence

 

under section 42 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (criminal

 

conduct), means such an offence as respects which the

 

corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales is a

 

trigger offence within the meaning of that Part.’.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

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Clause  98,  page  77,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In section 263(2)(b) (concurrent terms: authority to release), for “section 244”

 

substitute “section 246”.


 
 

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( )    

In section 263(2)(c) (concurrent terms: licence period), for the words from “for

 

so long, and subject to such conditions, as is” substitute “—

 

(i)    

until the last date on which the offender is required to be

 

on licence in respect of any of the terms, and

 

(ii)    

subject to such conditions as are”.’.

 

Helen Goodman

 

409

 

Clause  98,  page  77,  line  30,  at end add—

 

‘(6)    

After s.254 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 insert—

 

“s.244A 

Duty to Cooperate

 

The Secretary of State must make arrangements to promote co-operation

 

between—

 

(a)    

the local authority where the prisoner will reside;

 

(b)    

each of that local authority’s partner authorities; and

 

(c)    

such other persons or bodies as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

 

(2)    

The arrangements are to be made with a view to reducing reoffending and

 

managing the prisoner’s transition from prison into the community.

 

(3)    

Each partner authority must co-operate with the responsible local

 

authority in the making of arrangements under this section.

 

(4)    

The responsible local authority and each partner authority must, in

 

exercising their functions under this section, have regard to any guidance

 

given to them for the purpose by the Secretary of State.

 

(5)    

A responsible local authority and any partner authority may for the

 

purposes of arrangements under this section provide staff, goods,

 

services, accommodation or other resources.

 

s.244B 

Definition of Partner Authority

 

(1)    

For the purposes of this Part, each of the following is a partner authority

 

in relation to a responsible local authority—

 

(a)    

any district council which is not a responsible local authority;

 

(b)    

a police authority;

 

(c)    

a chief officer of police;

 

(d)    

a Strategic Health Authority;

 

(e)    

a Primary Care Trust;

 

(f)    

a youth offending team established under section 39 of the Crime

 

and Disorder Act 1998;

 

(g)    

the Probation Trust;

 

(h)    

a Department of State.

 

(2)    

the Secretary of State may by order specify other Partner Authorities.”.’.


 
 

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Helen Goodman

 

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Clause  98,  page  77,  line  30,  at end add—

 


 

‘After section 244 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 insert—

 

“s.244C 

Discharge grants for certain offenders

 

(4)    

A prisoner with an infant formerly held in a prison mother and baby unit shall on

 

release from prison be entitled to a discharge grant of £96;

 

(5)    

The Secretary of State may by order amend this sum if it appears to the Secretary

 

of State that there has been a change in the value of money”.’.

 


 

Helen Goodman

 

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Clause  100,  page  78,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The Secretary of State shall take all reasonable steps to inform the prisoner in

 

writing in his own language of the effect of an order for the prisoner’s removal

 

made pursuant to this section.’.

 

Helen Goodman

 

416

 

Clause  100,  page  78,  line  36,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The Secretary of State shall have a duty to notify the appropriate authority of that

 

country or territory to which the prisoner is being returned of—

 

(a)    

the offences for which the prisoner was convicted;

 

(b)    

the length of sentence the prisoner has served.’.

 

Helen Goodman

 

410

 

Clause  100,  page  78,  line  40,  at end add—

 

‘(6)    

The Secretary of State shall not exercise his power under subsection (3) unless he

 

makes a declaration that any offender repatriated under this section is not at risk

 

of torture or persecution.

 

(7)    

A declaration must be in writing and be published in such a manner as the

 

Secretary of State considers appropriate.’.

 

Helen Goodman

 

417

 

Clause  100,  page  78,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The Secretary of State shall have a duty to consider the impact of a removal under

 

subsection (3) on any child of the prisoner liable to removal.

 

( )    

In exercise of this duty the Secretary of State shall make a declaration that in his

 

opinion any rights of the child under the United Nations Convention on the Rights

 

of the Child are not infringed.

 

( )    

A declaration must be in writing and be published in such a manner as the

 

Secretary of State considers appropriate.’.

 



 
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