Session 2010 - 12
Internet Publications
Other Bills before Parliament


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 31 October 2011                  

3794

 

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, continued

 
 

      (4)  

In paragraph 21(1) (warrants) after “by virtue of this Schedule”, insert “or

 

under paragraph 4A”.’.

 


 

AMENDMENTS TO PARTS 3 AND 4

 

Tom Brake

 

Mike Crockart

 

144

 

Page  39,  line  30  [Clause  54],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

The court has a duty when passing a sentence of imprisonment for a term not

 

exceeding six months only to pass said sentence where the court considers that no

 

other method of dealing with the person is appropriate and must—

 

(a)    

state its reasons for the opinion that no other method of dealing with the

 

person is appropriate, and

 

(b)    

have those reasons entered in the record of the proceedings.’.

 


 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

75

 

Page  47,  line  36  [Clause  65],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In section 322 of that Act (financial penalty enforcement orders), in the definition

 

of “financial penalty” in subsection (4), after “including” insert “a fine imposed

 

by the Court Martial or the Service Civilian Court under paragraph 10(1)(aa) of

 

Schedule 8 to the 2003 Act by virtue of section 184 and Part 2 of Schedule 5

 

(breach etc of overseas community order) or”.’.

 


 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

76

 

Page  48,  line  2  [Clause  65],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Part 2 of Schedule 5 to that Act (breach, revocation and amendment of overseas

 

community orders) is amended as follows.’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

77

 

Page  48,  line  3  [Clause  65],  leave out from ‘In’ to ‘paragraph’ in line 4.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

78

 

Page  48,  line  6  [Clause  65],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

After paragraph 14 insert—

 

“14A (1)  

The following provisions apply where the Court Martial or the Service

 

Civilian Court imposes a fine under paragraph 10(1)(aa) of that

 

Schedule as applied by this Part of this Schedule.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 31 October 2011                  

3795

 

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, continued

 
 

      (2)  

Section 251 of this Act (power to order payment of fine by

 

instalments) applies in relation to the fine as it applies in relation to a

 

fine imposed by a court for a service offence.

 

      (3)  

Where the offender is aged under 18 when the fine is imposed and has

 

a service parent or service guardian (within the meaning of section 268

 

of this Act), subsections (2) to (4) of that section (payment of fine by

 

service parent or service guardian) apply in relation to the fine as they

 

apply in relation to a fine imposed in the circumstances mentioned in

 

subsection (1) of that section.

 

      (4)  

In the application of subsection (2) of section 268 by virtue of sub-

 

paragraph (3) of this paragraph, the reference in that subsection to the

 

time of conviction is to be read as a reference to the time the fine is

 

imposed.

 

      (5)  

Section 269(2) of this Act (power of court to make financial statement

 

order before making order under section 268) does not apply in

 

relation to an order under section 268 which is made by virtue of sub-

 

paragraph (3) of this paragraph.”’.

 


 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

106

 

Page  52,  line  22,  leave out Clause 68.

 


 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

107

 

Page  58,  line  16  [Clause  77],  leave out ‘twelve’ and insert ‘fourteen’.

 


 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

108

 

Page  59,  line  17  [Clause  78],  leave out ‘twelve’ and insert ‘fourteen’.

 


 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

109

 

Page  61,  line  25  [Clause  81],  leave out ‘twelve’ and insert ‘fourteen’.

 



 
 

Consideration of Bill: 31 October 2011                  

3796

 

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

110

 

Page  62,  line  21  [Clause  82],  leave out ‘twelve’ and insert ‘fourteen’.

 


 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

111

 

Page  63,  line  41  [Clause  83],  leave out ‘twelve’ and insert ‘fourteen’.

 


 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

112

 

Page  64,  line  38  [Clause  84],  leave out ‘twelve’ and insert ‘fourteen’.

 


 

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’.

 



 
 

Consideration of Bill: 31 October 2011                  

3797

 

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, continued

 
 

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

 

28

 

Page  86,  line  5  [Clause  104],  leave out ‘the relevant area’ and insert ‘Great

 

Britain’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

29

 

Page  86,  line  25  [Clause  104],  leave out ‘the relevant area’ and insert ‘Great

 

Britain’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

30

 

Page  86,  line  30  [Clause  104],  leave out ‘the relevant area’ and insert ‘Great

 

Britain’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

31

 

Page  86  [Clause  104],  leave out lines 41 and 42.

 


 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

32

 

Page  87,  line  12  [Clause  105],  leave out ‘the relevant area’ and insert ‘Great

 

Britain’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

33

 

Page  87,  line  27  [Clause  105],  after ‘6B’ insert ‘, 6BA’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

34

 

Page  87,  line  30  [Clause  105],  leave out ‘the relevant area’ and insert ‘Great

 

Britain’.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 31 October 2011                  

3798

 

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

35

 

Page  87,  line  33  [Clause  105],  leave out ‘transported’ and insert ‘taken’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

36

 

Page  87,  line  33  [Clause  105],  leave out ‘the relevant area’ and insert ‘Great

 

Britain’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

37

 

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

 

38

 

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

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

39

 

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

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

40

 

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

 

43

 

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

 

Britain’.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 31 October 2011                  

3799

 

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

44

 

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.

 

(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

 

45

 

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

 

46

 

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.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 31 October 2011                  

3800

 

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, continued

 
 

(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.’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

47

 

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

 

Britain’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

48

 

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

 

Britain’.

 

Secretary Kenneth Clarke

 

49

 

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

 

50

 

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.”’.

 



 
previous section contents continue
 

© Parliamentary copyright
Revised 31 October 2011