Notices of Amendments: 24 April 2018                  

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Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) , continued

Philip Davies

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To move the following Clause—

“Assaults in prison (No.15)

In Section 247 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, after subsection (2) insert—

“(3)    

Subsection (2) does not apply if the prisoner has assaulted a prison officer

during the course of their sentence.””

Member’s explanatory statement

This new clause would mean that a prisoner serving an extended sentence under Sections 227 and

228 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 who assaulted a prison during that sentence would not be

eligible for automatic release after the requisite period.

Chris Bryant

Holly Lynch

Philip Davies

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Clause  1,  page  1,  line  3,  after “battery” insert “including spitting”

Member’s explanatory statement

This makes explicit that this section applies to incidents of assault or battery that are spitting.

Philip Davies

9

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  10,  leave out “12” and insert “24”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would increase the sentence for the new offence from 12 to 24 months in Crown

courts to allow for longer sentences and to ensure Crown courts have greater powers of sentence

for the offence than magistrates’ courts.

Philip Davies

11

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  leave out subsection (4) and insert—

“(4)    

Sections 154 and 282 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 shall come into force.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would increase the sentencing powers of magistrates from six months to 12

months for a single offence and enable the sentencing in the Bill to actually be imposed in

magistrates’ courts.

Philip Davies

10

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  14,  at end insert—

“(5A)    

Offences under this Act are either way offences.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would mean that offences under the Act are to be treated as either way offences.

Notices of Amendments: 24 April 2018                  

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Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) , continued

Chris Bryant

Holly Lynch

Jim Fitzpatrick

Jo Stevens

Mr Bob Seely

Liz Twist

Mohammad Yasin

Philip Davies

Caroline Lucas

3

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  39,  at end insert—

“(aa)    

an offence under section 3 (sexual assualt) of the Sexual Offences Act

2003”

Member’s explanatory statement

This causes the fact that the victim was an emergency worker to be an aggravating factor in cases

of sexual assault.

Chris Bryant

4

Page  4,  line  23,  leave out Clause 4

Chris Bryant

5

Page  6,  line  6,  leave out Clause 5

Chris Bryant

6

Page  8,  line  14,  leave out Clause 6

Chris Bryant

7

Clause  7,  page  9,  line  37,  leave out from “only,” to end of line 38

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequential on Amendment 5.

Notices of Amendments: 24 April 2018                  

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Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) , continued

Chris Bryant

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Title,  line  3,  leave out from “duty;” to “and” in line 6

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequential on Amendments 4 to 6.

NOTICES WITHDRAWN

The following Notices were withdrawn on 5 March 2018:

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