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Public Bill Committee: 25 March 2014                  

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Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, continued

 
 

    (A2)  

Those persons are—

 

(a)    

a member of a police force listed in section 375;

 

(b)    

a judge of the Court of Appeal;

 

(c)    

a judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court;

 

(d)    

the registrar of criminal appeals;

 

(e)    

the judge advocate who dealt with the proceedings mentioned in

 

paragraph 5(1);

 

(f)    

the court administration officer for the Court Martial;

 

(g)    

a member of the Military Court Service who would reasonably be

 

expected to disclose the information only to a person mentioned in

 

paragraphs (b) to (f).

 

    (A3)  

It is not an offence under paragraph 5 for a member of a police force listed in

 

section 375 to disclose information for the purposes of obtaining assistance in

 

deciding whether to submit the information to a judge of the Court of Appeal,

 

a judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court or the registrar of criminal appeals,

 

provided that the disclosure does not involve publishing the information.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment and amendment 91 replace paragraph 7(3) of new Schedule 2A to the Armed

 

Forces Act 2006 with provision which additionally allows disclosure of information to a member

 

of a police force in specified circumstances. The amendment also provides that disclosure is only

 

permitted after the proceedings have terminated.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

89

 

Schedule  8,  page  99,  line  33,  leave out second ‘to’ and insert ‘for the purposes of

 

enabling or assisting’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment and amendment 90 amend paragraph 7(2) of new Schedule 2A to the Armed

 

Forces Act 2006 to ensure that the judge or registrar does not have to contact the defendant or

 

legal representative personally when making a disclosure to enable them to consider whether a lay

 

member’s conduct may provide grounds for appeal.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

90

 

Schedule  8,  page  99,  line  37,  leave out ‘for the purposes of considering’ and insert

 

‘to consider’.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

91

 

Schedule  8,  page  99,  line  40,  leave out from beginning to end of line 4 on page 100.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

92

 

Schedule  8,  page  100,  line  6,  after ‘(1)’ insert ‘or (2)’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment and amendment 93 amend paragraph 7(4) of new Schedule 2A to the Armed

 

Forces Act 2006 to allow disclosure of deliberations of members of a Court Martial where

 

someone reasonably believes that a disclosure under paragraph 7(2) has been made. The

 

disclosure must be for the purpose of considering whether a lay member’s conduct provides

 

grounds for appeal.

 
 

Public Bill Committee: 25 March 2014                  

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Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

93

 

Schedule  8,  page  100,  line  7,  at end insert ‘or consideration in question’.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

94

 

Schedule  8,  page  100,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(5A)  

It is not an offence under paragraph 5 for a person to disclose information in

 

the course of taking reasonable steps to prepare for proceedings described in

 

sub-paragraph (5)(a) to (c).’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment allows a person to disclose deliberations of members of the Court Martial for

 

proceedings where that is a part of reasonable preparations for certain subsequent proceedings.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

95

 

Schedule  8,  page  100,  leave out lines 23 to 29.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

96

 

Schedule  8,  page  100,  line  44,  at end insert—

 

‘Disclosing information about members’ deliberations: exceptions for soliciting

 

disclosures or obtaining information

 

7A  (1)  

It is not an offence under paragraph 5 to solicit a disclosure described in

 

paragraph 6(1) to (4) or paragraph 7(A1) to (6).

 

      (2)  

It is not an offence under paragraph 5 to obtain information—

 

(a)    

by means of a disclosure described in paragraph 6(1) to (4) or

 

paragraph 7(A1) to (6), or

 

(b)    

from a document that is available to the public or a section of the

 

public.’.

 

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

135

 

Clause  50,  page  52,  line  3,  leave out ‘must’ and insert ‘may’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

136

 

Clause  50,  page  52,  line  5,  leave out ‘not’ and insert ‘choose not to’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

137

 

Clause  50,  page  52,  line  7,  leave out ‘highly likely’ and insert ‘inevitable’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee: 25 March 2014                  

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Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

138

 

Clause  50,  page  52,  line  15,  leave out ‘and’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

139

 

Clause  50,  page  52,  line  18,  leave out ‘highly likely’ and insert ‘inevitable’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

140

 

Clause  50,  page  52,  line  19,  leave out ‘must’ and insert ‘may’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

141

 

Clause  50,  page  52,  line  38,  leave out ‘and’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

142

 

Clause  50,  page  52,  line  44,  leave out ‘highly likely’ and insert ‘inevitable’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

143

 

Page  51,  line  35,  leave out Clause 50.

 

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

144

 

Clause  51,  page  53,  line  16,  at end insert ‘or the Court has ordered that such

 

prescribed information need not be provided in whole or in part’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

145

 

Clause  51,  page  53,  line  21,  leave out ‘likely to be available’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

146

 

Clause  51,  page  53,  line  22,  leave out ‘and’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

147

 

Clause  51,  page  53,  line  43,  leave out ‘likely to be available’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee: 25 March 2014                  

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Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

148

 

Clause  51,  page  53,  line  44,  leave out ‘and’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

149

 

Page  53,  line  7,  leave out Clause 51.

 

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

150

 

Clause  52,  page  54,  line  7,  leave out ‘must’ and insert ‘may’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

152

 

Clause  52,  page  54,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(1)    

Where the information in subsection (2) includes confidential information about

 

the financial position of a natural person the Court may to the extent necessary to

 

protect the confidentiality of such information—

 

(a)    

sit in private, and

 

(b)    

impose reporting restrictions.’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

151

 

Clause  52,  page  54,  line  13,  leave out ‘must’ and insert ‘may’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

153

 

Clause  52,  page  54,  line  16,  leave out from ‘proceedings’ to end of line 16 and

 

insert ‘and who has in fact provided such financial support.’.

 

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

154

 

Clause  53,  page  54,  line  31,  leave out ‘not’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

155

 

Clause  53,  page  54,  line  33,  at end insert ‘if the court considers it appropriate to do

 

so’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee: 25 March 2014                  

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Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

156

 

Clause  53,  page  54,  leave out lines 34 and 35.

 

Dr Julian Huppert

 

63

 

Clause  53,  page  54,  line  36,  leave out subsections (4) and (5).

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

158

 

Clause  53,  page  54,  line  36,  leave out subsections (4), (5) and (6) and insert—

 

‘( )    

On an application to the High Court or the Court of Appeal by a relevant party to

 

the proceedings, the court may order the intervener to pay such costs as the court

 

considers just.

 

( )    

An order under subsection (4) will not be considered just unless exeptional

 

circumstances apply.

 

( )    

For the purposes of subsection (5), exceptional circumstances include where an

 

intervener has in substance acted as if it were the principal applicant, appellant or

 

respondent in the case.’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

157

 

Clause  53,  page  54,  line  37,  leave out ‘must’ and insert ‘may’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

159

 

Clause  53,  page  54,  line  39,  at end insert ‘if the court considers it appropriate to do

 

so’.

 

Dr Julian Huppert

 

64

 

Clause  53,  page  54,  line  43,  leave out ‘or (5)’.

 

Dr Julian Huppert

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

62

 

Page  54,  line  27,  leave out Clause 53.

 

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

161

 

Clause  54,  page  55,  line  22,  leave out subsection (3).

 
 

Public Bill Committee: 25 March 2014                  

118

 

Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

162

 

Clause  54,  page  55,  line  25,  after ‘judicial review’, insert ‘or any intervener’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

163

 

Clause  54,  page  55,  line  30,  leave out ‘or likely to be available’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

164

 

Clause  54,  page  56,  line  10,  leave out subsections (9), (10) and (11).

 

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

165

 

Clause  55,  page  56,  line  41,  leave out ‘or may provide’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

166

 

Clause  55,  page  57,  line  1,  leave out ‘or may provide’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

167

 

Clause  55,  page  57,  line  10,  leave out ‘must’ and insert ‘may’.

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

168

 

Clause  55,  page  57,  line  12,  leave out subsections (3), (4) and (5).

 

 

Robert Neill

 

5

 

Clause  57,  page  58,  line  3,  at end insert ‘or the Court of Appeal’

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This allows the Court of Appeal to grant permission to apply under section 288.

 

 
 

Public Bill Committee: 25 March 2014                  

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New Clauses

 

Drugs for which prisoners etc may be tested

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

NC21

 

Parliamentary Star    

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Prison Act 1952 is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In section 16A (testing prisoners for drugs), in subsection (3)—

 

(a)    

at the end of the definition of “drug” insert “or specified drug”,

 

(b)    

omit the “and” that follows the definition of “prison officer”, and

 

(c)    

at the appropriate place insert—

 

““specified drug” means any substance or product specified in

 

prison rules for the purposes of this section.”

 

(3)    

In section 47 (rules for the management of prisons etc), after subsection (3)

 

insert—

 

“(3A)    

Rules made under this section may specify any substance or product

 

(which is not a controlled drug for the purposes of the Misuse of Drugs

 

Act 1971) in relation to which a person may be required to provide a

 

sample for the purposes of section 16A of this Act.”’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This enables the Secretary of State to specify in rules drugs that prisoners and detained young

 

persons can be tested for. It extends the existing provision under section 16A of the Prison Act 1952

 

for testing for drugs that are controlled drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

 

 

Leave of the court required for Listed Building Act proceedings

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr Robert Buckland

 

NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 63 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990

 

(proceedings for questioning the validity of other orders, decisions and

 

directions) is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In subsection (3) after “section”, insert “relating to anything other than an English

 

matter”.

 

(3)    

After subsection (3) insert—

 

“(3A)    

An application under this section relating to an English matter may not

 

be made without the leave of the High Court or the Court of Appeal.

 

(3B)    

An application for leave for the purposes of subsection (3A) must be

 

made within six weeks from (as the case may be)—

 

(a)    

the date on which the order is confirmed; or (in the case of an

 

order under section 23 which takes effect under section 25

 

without confirmation) takes effect, or

 

(b)    

the date on which the action is taken.”.

 
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