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Crime and Courts Bill [HL]

 

Crime and Courts Bill [HL]

 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Home Office and the Ministry of

Justice, are published separately as Bill 115—EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Secretary Theresa May has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the

Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Crime and Courts Bill [HL] are compatible with the

Convention rights.

 
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Contents

Part 1

The National Crime Agency

The NCA and its officers

1   

The National Crime Agency

2   

Strategic priorities

3   

Operations

Other functions etc.

4   

Relationships between NCA and other agencies: tasking etc

5   

Duty to publish information

6   

Information gateways

7   

Other functions etc

8   

Director General: customs powers of Commissioners & operational powers

9   

Operational powers of other NCA officers

General

10   

Inspections and complaints

11   

Information: restrictions on disclosure etc

12   

NCA officers with operational powers: labour relations

13   

NCA officers with operational powers: pay and allowances

14   

Abolition of SOCA and NPIA

15   

Interpretation of Part 1

Part 2

Courts and Justice

Administration of justice

16   

Civil and family proceedings in England and Wales

17   

Youth courts to have jurisdiction to grant gang-related injunctions

18   

Judicial appointments

19   

Deployment of the judiciary

 

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20   

Transfer of immigration or nationality judicial review applications

21   

Permission to appeal from Upper Tribunal to Court of Session

22   

Appeals relating to regulation of the Bar

23   

Payment of fines and other sums

24   

Disclosure of information to facilitate collection of fines and other sums

25   

Disclosure of information for calculating fees of courts, tribunals etc

26   

Enforcement services

27   

Supreme Court security officers

28   

Enabling the making, and use, of films and other recordings of proceedings

29   

Abolition of scandalising the judiciary as form of contempt of court

Self-defence

30   

Use of force in self-defence at place of residence

Community and other non-custodial sentencing

31   

Dealing non-custodially with offenders

Deferred prosecution agreements

32   

Deferred prosecution agreements

Part 3

Miscellaneous and general

Border control

33   

Immigration cases: appeal rights; and facilitating combined appeals

34   

Appeals against refusal of entry clearance to visit the UK

35   

Restriction on right of appeal from within the United Kingdom

36   

Powers of immigration officers

Drugs and driving

37   

Drugs and driving

Public order

38   

Public order offences

General

39   

Orders and regulations

40   

Consequential amendments

41   

Transitional, transitory or saving provision

42   

Short title, commencement and extent

Schedule 1   —   

The NCA & NCA officers

Part 1   —   

The NCA

 

 

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Part 2   —   

NCA officers

Schedule 2   —   

The framework document & annual report

Part 1   —   

The framework document

Part 2   —   

The annual report

Schedule 3   —   

Relationships between NCA and other agencies

Part 1   —   

Co-operation

Part 2   —   

Exchange of information

Part 3   —   

Assistance within the UK

Part 4   —   

Use of police facilities etc by NCA

Part 5   —   

Payment for tasks, assistance or facilities

Part 6   —   

General

Schedule 4   —   

NCA: general

Schedule 5   —   

Police, customs and immigration powers

Part 1   —   

Director General: Commissioners’ powers exercisable under

section 8(1)

Part 2   —   

Director General: designation under section 8

Part 3   —   

Further provision about designations under section 8 or 9

Part 4   —   

Designations: powers and privileges of constables

Part 5   —   

Designations: powers of officers of Revenue and Customs

Part 6   —   

Designations: powers of immigration officers

Part 7   —   

Offences relating to designations

Part 8   —   

General

Schedule 6   —   

Inspections and complaints

Part 1   —   

Inspections

Part 2   —   

Complaints: other amendments

Schedule 7   —   

Information: restrictions on disclosure

Part 1   —   

Statutory restrictions

Part 2   —   

Restrictions on disclosures of particular types of information

Part 3   —   

Restrictions on further disclosures of information

Part 4   —   

Published information: no restrictions on further disclosure

Part 5   —   

Offences relating to wrongful disclosure of information

Part 6   —   

General

Schedule 8   —   

Abolition of SOCA and NPIA

Part 1   —   

Transitional, transitory and saving provision

Part 2   —   

Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

Part 3   —   

Further consequential amendments and repeals

Part 4   —   

Subordinate legislation

Schedule 9   —   

Single county court in England and Wales

Part 1   —   

Amendments of the County Courts Act 1984

Part 2   —   

Other amendments

Part 3   —   

Further amendments

Part 4   —   

Consequential repeals

Schedule 10   —   

The family court

Part 1   —   

Establishment of the family court

Part 2   —   

The family court: further amendments

Part 3   —   

Repeals and revocations in consequence of Parts 1 and 2 of this

Schedule

Schedule 11   —   

Transfer of jurisdiction to family court

Part 1   —   

Amendments of enactments

Part 2   —   

Repeals and revocations in consequence of Part 1 of this

Schedule

Schedule 12   —   

Gang-related injunctions: further amendments

Schedule 13   —   

Judicial appointments

Part 1   —   

Judges of the Supreme Court: number and selection

 

 

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Part 2   —   

Diversity

Part 3   —   

Judicial Appointments Commission

Part 4   —   

Judicial appointments: selection, and transfer of powers of

Lord Chancellor

Part 5   —   

Appointment of judge to exercise functions of a head of

division in case of incapacity or a vacancy etc

Part 6   —   

Abolition of office of assistant Recorder

Schedule 14   —   

Deployment of the judiciary

Part 1   —   

Deployment under section 9 of the Senior Courts Act 1981

Part 2   —   

Deployment of judges to the Crown Court

Part 3   —   

Deployment of judges to the magistrates’ courts

Part 4   —   

Deployment of judges to the Court of Protection

Part 5   —   

Deployment of judges to the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper

Tribunal

Part 6   —   

Deployment of judges to the Employment Appeal Tribunal

Part 7   —   

Deployment of judges to the employment tribunals

Part 8   —   

Amendments following renaming of chairmen of employment

tribunals

Schedule 15   —   

Dealing non-custodially with offenders

Part 1   —   

Community orders: punitive elements

Part 2   —   

Deferring the passing of sentence to allow for restorative

justice

Part 3   —   

Removal of limits on compensation orders made against

adults

Part 4   —   

Electronic monitoring of offenders

Part 5   —   

Community orders: further provision

Part 6   —   

Statements of assets and other financial circumstances of

offenders etc

Part 7   —   

Provision for female offenders

Part 8   —   

Information to enable a court to deal with an offender

Part 9   —   

Related amendments in Armed Forces Act 2006

Schedule 16   —   

Deferred prosecution agreements

Part 1   —   

General

Part 2   —   

Offences in relation to which a DPA may be entered into

Part 3   —   

Consequential and transitional provision

Schedule 17   —   

Powers of immigration officers: further provision

Part 1   —   

General

Part 2   —   

Modification of applied enactments

Part 3   —   

Scotland

Schedule 18   —   

Drugs and driving: minor and consequential amendments

Schedule 19   —   

Super-affirmative procedure

 

 

 
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