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Consideration of Bill: 1 November 2011                  

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Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  87,  line  37  [Clause  105],  at end insert—

 

‘(a)    

the Scottish Ministers, in a case where it is proposed that the person who

 

is the subject of a request under subsection (1)(b) will, whilst in transit—

 

(i)    

be present only in Scotland, or

 

(ii)    

arrive in Scotland before being taken to another part of Great

 

Britain;’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  87  [Clause  105],  leave out lines 38 to 41.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  87  [Clause  105],  leave out lines 43 and 44.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  87,  line  45  [Clause  105],  leave out ‘section 6B’ and insert ‘sections 6B and

 

6BA’.

 


 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

41

 

Page  88,  line  1  [Clause  105],  leave out ‘the relevant area’ and insert ‘Great

 

Britain’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

42

 

Page  88,  line  2  [Clause  105],  leave out ‘the relevant area’ and insert ‘Great

 

Britain’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  88,  line  13  [Clause  105],  leave out ‘the relevant area’ and insert ‘Great

 

Britain’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  88,  line  17  [Clause  105],  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

A constable may search a person who is the subject of a transit order, and any item

 

in the possession of that person, for any item which that person might use—

 

(a)    

to cause physical injury to that person or to any other person; or

 

(b)    

to assist that person to escape from detention.

 

(5B)    

The power conferred by subsection (5A) does not authorise a constable to require

 

a person to remove any clothing other than an outer coat, jacket, headgear or

 

gloves.

 

(5C)    

The power conferred by subsection (5A) includes power to use reasonable force

 

where necessary.


 
 

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(5D)    

A constable searching a person in the exercise of the power conferred by

 

subsection (5A) may seize any item found if the constable has reasonable grounds

 

for believing that the person searched might use the item —

 

(a)    

to cause physical injury to that person or to any other person; or

 

(b)    

to assist that person to escape from detention.

 

(5E)    

Any item seized from a person under subsection (5D) may be retained while that

 

person is in transit.’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  88  [Clause  105],  leave out lines 18 to 22 insert—

 

‘(6)    

In this section “constable” means—

 

(a)    

any person who is a constable in any part of Great Britain or who has,

 

under any enactment (including subsection (4) above), the powers of a

 

constable in any part of Great Britain, or

 

(b)    

any person who is a prison officer within the meaning of section 117(1)

 

of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.

 

(7)    

A person who is a constable by virtue of subsection (6)(a) has, for the purposes

 

of section 6A, this section and section 6BA, all the powers, authority, protection

 

and privileges of a constable in any part of Great Britain in which a person who

 

is the subject of a transit order is for the time being.’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  88,  line  22  [Clause  105],  at end insert—

 

‘6BA  

Transit through different parts of Great Britain

 

(1)    

Where the Scottish Ministers issue a transit order and it is proposed that the

 

person who is the subject of the order will be taken to a part of Great Britain other

 

than Scotland whilst in transit, they must notify the Secretary of State.

 

(2)    

The Scottish Ministers need not notify the Secretary of State where the Secretary

 

of State has agreed in writing to the transit order.

 

(3)    

Unless the Secretary of State agrees in writing to the transit order, that order

 

authorises the detention of the person subject to it in Scotland only.

 

(4)    

But where the person escapes or is unlawfully at large, the order also authorises—

 

(a)    

the arrest of the person under section 6B(5) in a part of Great Britain other

 

than Scotland, and

 

(b)    

the detention of the person in that part by a constable (within the meaning

 

of that section) for the purpose of taking the person to Scotland.

 

(5)    

Where the Secretary of State issues a transit order and it is proposed that the

 

person who is the subject of the order will be taken to Scotland whilst in transit,

 

the Secretary of State must notify the Scottish Ministers.

 

(6)    

The Secretary of State need not notify the Scottish Ministers where the Scottish

 

Ministers have agreed in writing to the transit order.

 

(7)    

Unless the Scottish Ministers agree in writing to the transit order, that order

 

authorises the detention of the person subject to it only in a part of Great Britain

 

other than Scotland.

 

(8)    

But where the person escapes or is unlawfully at large, the order also authorises—

 

(a)    

the arrest of the person under section 6B(5) in Scotland, and

 

(b)    

the detention of the person in Scotland by a constable (within the

 

meaning of that section) for the purpose of taking the person to a part of

 

Great Britain other than Scotland.’.


 
 

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Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  88,  line  34  [Clause  105],  leave out ‘the relevant area’ and insert ‘Great

 

Britain’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  88,  line  37  [Clause  105],  leave out ‘the relevant area’ and insert ‘Great

 

Britain’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  88,  line  38  [Clause  105],  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

In this section “constable” means any person who is a constable in any part of

 

Great Britain or who has, under any enactment (including section 6B(4) above),

 

the powers of a constable in any part of Great Britain.

 

(4)    

A person who is a constable by virtue of subsection (3) has for the purposes of

 

this section all the powers, authority, protection and privileges of a constable in

 

the part of Great Britain in which the person mentioned in subsection (2) is for

 

the time being.’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  88,  line  38  [Clause  105],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In section 9 of the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 (short title, commencement

 

and extent)—

 

(a)    

at the beginning of subsection (3) insert “Subject to subsection (3A),”,

 

and

 

(b)    

after that subsection insert—

 

“(3A)    

Sections 3A and 6A to 6C extend to England and Wales and

 

Scotland only.”’.

 


 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

Nick de Bois

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Heather Wheeler

 

Mike Freer

 

Lorraine Fullbrook

 

Total signatories: 42

 

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Page  93,  line  41  [Clause  113],  leave out from beginning to end of line 4 on page 94

 

and insert—

 

‘(5)    

Where a person aged 16 or over is convicted of an offence under this section, the

 

court must impose an appropriate custodial sentence (with or without a fine)

 

unless the court is of the opinion that there are particular circumstances which—

 

(a)    

relate to the offence or to the offender, and

 

(b)    

would make it unjust to do so in all the circumstances.

 

(5A)    

In this section “appropriate custodial sentence” means—


 
 

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(a)    

in the case of a person who is aged 18 or over when convicted, a sentence

 

of imprisonment for a term of at least 6 months;

 

(b)    

in the case of a person who is aged at least 16 but under 18 when

 

convicted, a detention and training order of at least 4 months.

 

(5B)    

In considering whether it is of the opinion mentioned in subsection (5) in the case

 

of a person aged under 18, the court must have regard to its duty under section 44

 

of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.”’.

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Mrs Jenny Chapman

 

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Page  93,  line  41  [Clause  113],  leave out ‘aged 18 or over’.

 


 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

Nick de Bois

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Heather Wheeler

 

Mike Freer

 

Lorraine Fullbrook

 

Total signatories: 42

 

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Page  94,  line  10  [Clause  113],  leave out ‘(5)’ and insert ‘(5A)(a)’.

 


 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

Nick de Bois

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Heather Wheeler

 

Mike Freer

 

Lorraine Fullbrook

 

Total signatories: 42

 

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Page  95,  line  1  [Clause  113],  leave out from beginning to end of line 6 and insert—

 

‘(7)    

Where a person aged 16 or over is convicted of an offence under this section, the

 

court must impose an appropriate custodial sentence (with or without a fine)

 

unless the court is of the opinion that there are particular circumstances which—

 

(a)    

relate to the offence or to the offender, and

 

(b)    

would make it unjust to do so in all the circumstances.

 

(7A)    

In this section “appropriate custodial sentence” means—

 

(a)    

in the case of a person who is aged 18 or over when convicted, a sentence

 

of imprisonment for a term of at least 6 months;

 

(b)    

in the case of a person who is aged at least 16 but under 18 when

 

convicted, a detention and training order of at least 4 months.

 

(7B)    

In considering whether it is of the opinion mentioned in subsection (7) in the case

 

of a person aged under 18, the court must have regard to its duty under section 44

 

of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.”’.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 1 November 2011                  

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Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

Nick de Bois

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Heather Wheeler

 

Mike Freer

 

Lorraine Fullbrook

 

Total signatories: 42

 

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Page  95,  line  12  [Clause  113],  leave out ‘(7)’ and insert ‘(7A)(a)’.

 


 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

133

 

Page  96,  line  13  [Clause  115],  leave out ‘or transitional’ and insert ‘transitional,

 

transitory or saving’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

134

 

Page  96,  line  14  [Clause  115],  leave out ‘Parts 1 to 3 of’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

135

 

Page  96,  line  16  [Clause  115],  leave out from ‘legislation’ to end of line 17.

 


 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  97,  line  13  [Clause  118],  leave out ‘Section 114 extends’ and insert ‘The

 

following provisions extend’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  97,  line  13  [Clause  118],  at end insert ‘—

 

(a)    

sections 104 and 105, and

 

(b)    

section 114.’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  97,  line  17  [Clause  118],  leave out from ‘32,’ to end of line 18.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  97,  line  17  [Clause  118],  after ‘32,’ insert—

 

‘( )    

section [Northern Ireland: information about financial resources] and

 

Schedule [Northern Ireland: information about financial resources],

 

( )    

sections 38 to 40,’.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 1 November 2011                  

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Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  97,  line  24  [Clause  118],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Subsection (5) does not apply to section [Reasonable force for the purposes of

 

self-defence etc] (which extends to England and Wales only).’.

 


 

Mrs Jenny Chapman

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

114

 

Page  172,  line  1  [Schedule  10],  leave out paragraphs 7 to 18.

 


 

Mrs Jenny Chapman

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

115

 

Page  173,  line  26  [Schedule  10],  leave out paragraphs 19 to 23.

 


 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Page  185,  line  12  [Schedule  14],  leave out sub-paragraph (3).

 


 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

Nick de Bois

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Heather Wheeler

 

Mike Freer

 

Lorraine Fullbrook

 

Total signatories: 42

 

158

 

Page  195,  line  34  [Schedule  17],  at end insert—

 

‘10A      

In section 100 (offenders under 18: detention and training orders) after

 

subsection (1) insert—

 

“(1A)    

Subsection (1) applies with the omission of paragraph (b) in the case

 

of an offence the sentence for which falls to be imposed under these

 

provisions—

 

(a)    

section 1A of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 (threatening

 

with weapon in public);


 
 

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(b)    

section 139AA of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (threatening  

 

with article with blade or point or offensive weapon).”’.

 


 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

Nick de Bois

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Heather Wheeler

 

Mike Freer

 

Lorraine Fullbrook

 

Total signatories: 42

 

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Page  196,  line  24  [Schedule  17],  leave out ‘1A(5)’ and insert ‘1A(5A)(a)’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

Nick de Bois

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Heather Wheeler

 

Mike Freer

 

Lorraine Fullbrook

 

Total signatories: 42

 

160

 

Page  196,  line  27  [Schedule  17],  leave out ‘139AA(7)’ and insert ‘139AA(7A)(a)’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

Nick de Bois

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Heather Wheeler

 

Mike Freer

 

Lorraine Fullbrook

 

Total signatories: 42

 

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Page  196,  line  27  [Schedule  17],  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

In the case of an offence the sentence for which falls to be imposed under a

 

provision mentioned in subsection (5), nothing in that provision prevents the

 

court from imposing any sentence that it considers appropriate after taking into

 

account any matter referred to in subsection (1) of this section.

 

(5)    

The provisions referred to in subsection (4) are—

 

section 1A(5A)(b) of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953;

 

section 139AA(7A)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.”’.

 


 

REMAINING PROCEEDINGS ON CONSIDERATION

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

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Title,  line  3,  after ‘proceedings;’ insert ‘to make provision about referral fees in

 

connection with the provision of legal services;’.


 
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