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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Tuesday 18 October 2011

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

 

3513-18

 

Consideration of Bill


 

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, As

 

Amended

 

Determination of minimum term in relation to mandatory life sentence

 

Kate Green

 

Paul Maynard

 

NC3

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘In Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003—

 

substitute subsection 5(2)(g) with—

 

“(g)    

a murder that is racially or religiously aggravated or aggravated

 

by sexual orientation or disability,” and

 

substitute subsection 5A(10)(b) with—

 

“(b)    

the fact that the victim was a greater risk of harm because of age

 

or disability,”.’.

 

Status of Director and Lord Chancellor

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

NC4

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Director is to carry out the functions of the office on behalf of the Crown.

 

(2)    

Service as the Director is service in the civil service of the State.

 

(3)    

The Lord Chancellor is to be treated as a corporation sole—

 

(a)    

for all purposes relating to the acquisition, holding, management and

 

disposal of property and interests in property under this Part, and

 

(b)    

for all other purposes relating to the Lord Chancellor’s functions in

 

connection with legal aid and other functions under this Part.


 
 

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(4)    

An instrument in connection with the acquisition, holding, management or

 

disposal by the Lord Chancellor of property or an interest in property under this

 

Part or for a purpose mentioned in subsection (3)(b) may be executed on the Lord

 

Chancellor’s behalf by a person authorised by the Lord Chancellor for that

 

purpose.

 

(5)    

Any such instrument purporting to have been executed by the Lord Chancellor or

 

on the Lord Chancellor’s behalf is to be received in evidence and, unless the

 

contrary is proved, to be treated as having been so executed.’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

1

 

Page  24,  line  26  [Clause  32],  after ‘conviction’, insert ‘—

 

(i)    

in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding

 

12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or

 

both), and

 

(ii)    

in Northern Ireland’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

2

 

Page  24,  line  35  [Clause  32],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In relation to an offence under this section committed before the commencement

 

of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, the reference in subsection

 

(4)(b)(i) to 12 months has effect as if it were a reference to 6 months.’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

3

 

Page  75,  line  16  [Clause  96],  leave out ‘Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing)

 

Act 2000’ and insert ‘Sentencing Act’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

4

 

Page  75,  line  19  [Clause  96],  leave out ‘Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing)

 

Act 2000)’ and insert ‘Sentencing Act)’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

5

 

Page  75,  line  37  [Clause  96],  leave out ‘recommends’ and insert ‘directs’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

6

 

Page  75,  line  39  [Clause  96],  leave out ‘recommendation’ and insert ‘direction’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

7

 

Page  76,  line  32  [Clause  96],  leave out ‘recommends’ and insert ‘directs’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

8

 

Page  76,  line  34  [Clause  96],  leave out ‘recommendation’ and insert ‘direction’.


 
 

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Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

9

 

Page  79,  line  39  [Clause  98],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In section 256(1) (review by the Board)—

 

(a)    

for “recommend” substitute “direct”;

 

(b)    

for “recommendation” substitute “direction”.

 

( )    

In section 256A (further review)—

 

(a)    

in subsection (4)(a), for “recommending” substitute “directing”;

 

(b)    

in subsection (4)(c), for “recommendation” substitute “direction”;

 

(c)    

in subsection (5), for “recommendation” (in both places) substitute

 

“direction”.’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

10

 

Page  99,  line  11  [Schedule  1],  leave out from ‘where’ to first ‘for’ in line 13 and

 

insert ‘—

 

(a)    

the services are provided to the individual, or

 

(b)    

the individual has died and the services are provided—

 

(i)    

to the individual’s personal representative, or

 

(ii)    

’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

11

 

Page  99,  line  36  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

‘“personal representative”, in relation to an individual who has died,

 

means—

 

(a)    

a person responsible for administering the individual’s estate

 

under the law of England and Wales, Scotland or Northern

 

Ireland, or

 

(b)    

a person who, under the law of another country or territory, has

 

functions equivalent to those of administering the individual’s

 

estate;’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

12

 

Page  115,  line  5  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

‘“adult” means a person aged 18 or over;’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

13

 

Page  116,  line  5  [Schedule  1],  leave out ‘to the victim of a sexual offence in

 

relation to the offence’ and insert ‘in relation to a sexual offence, but only where—

 

(a)    

the services are provided to the victim of the offence, or

 

(b)    

the victim of the offence has died and the services are provided to the

 

victim’s personal representative.’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

14

 

Page  116,  line  13  [Schedule  1],  after ‘paragraph’ insert ‘—

 

“personal representative”, in relation to an individual who has died,

 

means—


 
 

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(c)    

a person responsible for administering the individual’s estate

 

under the law of England and Wales, Scotland or Northern

 

Ireland, or

 

(d)    

a person who, under the law of another country or territory, has

 

functions equivalent to those of administering the individual’s

 

estate;’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

15

 

Page  121,  line  1  [Schedule  1],  leave out ‘31,’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

16

 

Page  121,  line  1  [Schedule  1],  leave out ‘or 34’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

17

 

Page  121,  line  4  [Schedule  1],  leave out from ‘etc)’ to end of line 5.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

18

 

Page  121,  line  7  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

‘14A      

Advocacy in proceedings in the Upper Tribunal under section 4 of the

 

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

19

 

Page  144,  line  31  [Schedule  5],  at end insert—

 

‘Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)

In Schedule 26, paragraph 51.’.

 
 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

20

 

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

 


 
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