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Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, continued

 
 

Dr Julian Huppert

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Not selected  62

 

Page  54,  line  27,  leave out Clause 53.

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 


 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Withdrawn  161

 

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

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Withdrawn  162

 

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

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Withdrawn  163

 

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

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Withdrawn  164

 

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

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 


 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Not called  165

 

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

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Not called  166

 

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

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Withdrawn  167

 

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


 
 

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Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Not called  168

 

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

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 56 Agreed to.

 


 

Robert Neill

 

Withdrawn  5

 

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

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

New Clauses

 

Drugs for which prisoners etc may be tested

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

Agreed to  NC21

 

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.”’.

 



 
 

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Offence of sending letters etc with intent to cause distress or anxiety

 

Angie Bray

 

Mr Robert Buckland

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

Stephen Metcalfe

 

Robert Neill

 

Agreed to  NC20

 

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

In section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 (offence of sending

 

letters etc with intent to cause distress or anxiety), for subsection (4) substitute—

 

“(4)    

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

 

(a)    

on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not

 

exceeding two years or a fine (or both);

 

(b)    

on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not

 

exceeding 12 months or a fine (or both).

 

(5)    

In relation to an offence committed before section 154(1) of the Criminal

 

Justice Act 2003 comes into force, the reference in subsection (4)(b) to

 

12 months is to be read as reference to six months.

 

(6)    

In relation to an offence committed before section 85 of the Legal Aid

 

Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 comes into force, the

 

reference in subsection (4)(b) to a fine is to be read as a reference to a fine

 

not exceeding the statutory maximum.”

 

(2)    

The amendment made by this section applies only in relation to an offence

 

committed on or after the day on which it comes into force.’.

 


 

Leave of the court required for Listed Building Act proceedings

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr Robert Buckland

 

Angie Bray

 

Not called  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)—


 
 

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(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.”.

 

(4)    

After subsection (5) insert—

 

“(5A)    

When considering whether to grant leave for the purposes of subsection

 

(3A), the High Court may, subject to subsection (6), by interim order

 

suspend the operation of the order or action the validity of which the

 

person or authority concerned wishes to question, until the final

 

determination of—

 

(a)    

the question of whether leave should be granted, or

 

(b)    

where leave is granted, the proceedings on any application under

 

this section made with such leave.”.

 

(5)    

After subsection (6) insert—

 

“(6A)    

In this section “English matter” means—

 

(a)    

an order to which this section applies which is made by—

 

(i)    

a local planning authority in England, or

 

(ii)    

the Secretary of State, or

 

(b)    

action to which this section applies which is on the part of the

 

Secretary of State.”.

 

(6)    

After subsection (7) insert—

 

“(8)    

References in this Act to an application under this section do not include

 

an application for leave for the purposes of subsection (3A).”.’.

 


 

Leave of the court required for section 287 applications

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr Robert Buckland

 

Angie Bray

 

Not called  NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 287 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (proceedings for

 

questioning the validity of certain schemes and orders) is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In subsection (4) after “section”, insert “relating to anything other than an English

 

matter”.

 

(3)    

After subsection (4) insert—

 

“(4A)    

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.

 

(4B)    

An application for leave for the purposes of subsection (4A) must be

 

made within six weeks from the relevant date.”.

 

(4)    

In subsection (5) leave out “subsection (4)” and insert “subsections (4) and

 

(4A).”.

 

(5)    

After subsection (5) insert—


 
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