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| | Crime and Courts Bill Committee 48-55 |
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| | Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] |
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| | Clause 16, page 16, line 17, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(7) | There shall be no restriction on the number of days that a family magistrate may |
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| | Schedule 10, page 158, line 8, after ‘legal adviser’, insert ‘provided the functions |
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| | are deemed to be essentially administrative in nature (for example, case management |
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| | Schedule 10, page 158, leave out lines 12 to 23. |
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| | Schedule 10, page 158, leave out lines 24 to 27. |
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| | | Review into the Courts and Tribunals Service |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘The Lord Chancellor shall conduct a periodic review of HM Courts and |
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| | | Tribunals Service, including the Office of the Public Guardian, and the impact of |
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| | | section 16 and Schedules 9 to 11, including reports on its efficiency, cost, ease of |
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| | | access and user and practitioner satisfaction, and specifically the impact of court |
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| | | closures on court users and access to justice, and shall publish a report on the |
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| | | review to both Houses of Parliament.’. |
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| | | Information for court users |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘The Secretary of State shall publish and consult on a strategy for the delivery of |
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| | | legal information, support and dispute resolution services to the public by HM |
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| | | Courts and Tribunals Service.’. |
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| | Schedule 13, page 219, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘() | Each of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice of England shall lay |
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| | | before Parliament a report annually, describing— |
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| | | (a) | their performance of the duty in this section; |
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| | | (b) | the contribution made towards a more diverse judiciary in the |
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| | | (c) | the composition of the judiciary, including the number of part-time |
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| | | and full-time judges, gender, educational background and other |
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| | | relevant demographic data.’. |
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| | | Chief Executive of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 is amended as follows. |
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| | | (2) | In section 48 (Chief executive) omit subsection (2). |
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| | | (3) | After subsection (1) insert— |
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| | | “(2) | The President of the Supreme Court shall appoint the Chief Executive in |
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| | | accordance with the arrangements for the time being in force for the |
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| | | selection of persons to be employed in the civil service of the State.”. |
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| | | (4) | In Section 49(2) (Officers and staff), omit the words “with the agreement of the |
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| | Schedule 13, page 220, line 24, at end insert— |
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| | | 14A | After section 65 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 insert— |
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| | | The Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, |
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| | | the Treasury Solicitor and the Chairman of the Judicial Appointments |
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| | | Commission, shall issue guidance as to the circumstances in which |
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| | | those employed by the Government Legal Service, the Crown |
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| | | Prosecution Service or any other government legal office may apply |
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| | | for any of the judicial office or tribunal posts, which are in the remit |
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| | | of the Judicial Appointments Commission.”.’. |
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| | | Extension of section 37 and section 47 of the Children Act 1989 to youth courts |
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| | | ‘(1) | The powers of direction of courts— |
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| | | (a) | under section 37 of the Children Act 1989 (including the power to direct |
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| | | the local authority children’s service to investigate whether a child is at |
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| | | risk of suffering significant harm); and |
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| | | (b) | under section 47 of that Act to direct a local authority to intervene to |
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| | | safeguard and to promote a child’s welfare |
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| | | (2) | Such powers shall be available to youth courts throughout any criminal |
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| | | proceedings and in any family proceedings concerning the welfare of a child. |
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| | | (3) | In any investigation pursuant to the foregoing subsections, the local authority |
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| | | shall consider whether it should— |
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| | | (a) | apply for a care order or supervision order with respect to the child; |
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| | | (b) | provide services or care to the child or his family; or |
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| | | (c) | take any other action with respect to the child. |
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| | | (4) | It shall be in the discretion of the youth court to adjourn sentencing until such |
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| | | local authority investigation has concluded and the findings thereof have been |
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| | | (5) | Any youth court in which the powers under this section are to be or may be |
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| | | exercised shall include on its panel at least one member of the Family Court.’. |
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