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51A | Line 40, at end insert “or serious alarm or distress” |
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51B | Line 43, after “(b)” insert “either— |
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51C | Line 44, at end insert “or |
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| (ii) | causes B serious alarm or distress which has a substantial |
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51D | Line 46, at end insert “or (as the case may be) will cause such alarm or distress” |
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| on B’s usual day-to-day activities if a reasonable person in possession of the |
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| same information would think the course of conduct would cause B such |
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| Lord Henley to move, That this House do agree with the Commons in their |
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| Amendments 51A, 51B, 51C, 51D and 51E. |
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| Baroness Royall of Blaisdon to move, as an amendment to Motion B, at end in |
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| sert “but do propose Amendment 51F as an amendment to Amendment 51C” |
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51F | Line 3, at end insert “or |
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| (iii) | causes B to fear for B’s personal safety or the safety of |
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| Baroness Royall of Blaisdon to move, as an amendment to Motion B, at end in |
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| sert “but do propose Amendment 51G as an amendment to Amendment 51E” |
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| will cause B to fear for his or her personal safety or the safety of another if |
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| a reasonable person in possession of the same information would think the |
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| course of conduct would cause B to so fear.” |
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| Protection from Harassment Act 1997 |
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| 141A (1) | The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 is amended as follows. |
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| (2) | In section 1(2) (circumstances in which a person ought to know that a |
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| course of conduct amounts to harassment) after “this section” insert “or |
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| (3) | In section 4 (putting people in fear of violence)— |
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| (a) | in subsection (5) after “section 2” insert “or 2A”, and |
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| (b) | in subsection (6) after “section 2” insert “or 2A”. |
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| Crime and Disorder Act 1998 |
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| 141B (1) | Section 32 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (racially or religiously |
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| aggravated harassment etc.) is amended as follows. |
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| (ii) | for “offence of harassment” substitute “offences of |
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| harassment and stalking”, and |
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| (i) | after “section 4” insert “or 4A”, and |
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| (ii) | after “violence” insert “by stalking or otherwise”. |
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| (3) | In subsection (5) for “the basic offence” substitute “either basic offence”. |
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| 141C | In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 |
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| (powers of seizure to which section 50 of that Act applies), after |
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| “Protection from Harassment Act 1997 |
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| 63A | The power of seizure conferred by section 2B(2) of the |
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| Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (seizure of material |
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| 141D | In Schedule 5 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (relevant offences for the |
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| purposes of notification and orders)— |
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| (i) | after “section 2” insert “or 2A”, and |
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| (i) | after “section 4” insert “or 4A”, and |
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| 141E | In Part 1 of Schedule 15 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (sentencing of |
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| dangerous offenders: specified violent offences), in paragraph 57— |
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| (a) | after “section 4” insert “or 4A”, and |
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| COMMONS AGREEMENT WITH AMENDMENTS |
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| The Commons agree to this Amendment with the following Amendments— |
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133A | Line 22, leave out “by stalking or otherwise” and insert “and stalking involving |
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| fear of violence or serious alarm or distress” |
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133B | Line 41, leave out “by stalking or otherwise” and insert “and stalking involving |
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| fear of violence or serious alarm or distress” |
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133C | Line 46, leave out “by stalking or otherwise” and insert “and stalking involving |
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| Lord Henley to move, That this House do agree with the Commons in their |
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| Amendments 133A, 133B and 133C. |
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