Amendments proposed to the Protection of Children Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Jackie Ballard

60

Clause     4,     page     4,     line     6,     after 'of', insert 'serious'.

   

Ms Debra Shipley

87

Clause     4,     page     4,     line     8,     after 'appeal' insert 'or determination'.

   

Ms Debra Shipley

88

Clause     4,     page     4,     line     8,     at end insert—

    '(4) Where the misconduct of which the individual is alleged to have been guilty is the subject of any civil or criminal proceedings, an application for leave under subsection (1A) above may not be made before the end of the period of six months immediately following the final determination of the proceedings.

    (5) For the purposes of subsection (4) above, proceedings are finally determined when—

(a) the proceedings are terminated without a decision being made;

(b) a decision is made against which no appeal lies;

(c) in a case where an appeal lies with leave against a decision, the time limited for applications for leave expires without leave being granted; or

(d) in a case where leave to appeal against a decision is granted or is not required, the time limited for appeal expires without an appeal being brought.'.

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Mr Andrew Lansley

45

Clause     7,     page     5,     line     12,     at end insert—

    '(1A) Where a child care organisation proposes to place an individual in a child care position, the organisation—

(a) shall ascertain whether the individual is included in the list kept under section 1 above, or the list kept for the purposes of regulations made under section 218(6) of the 1988 Act; and

(b) if he is included in either list, shall not offer him a place in such a position.'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley

46

Clause     7,     page     5,     line     26,     after '(1)' insert ', (1A)'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley

47

Clause     7,     page     5,     line     27,     at end insert 'or has already been placed in a child care position by the organisation.'.

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Mr Philip Hammond

79

Clause     8, page     6,     line     9,     leave out from 'section;' to end of line 10.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley

67

Clause     8,     page     6,     line     15,     leave out 'subsection' and insert 'subsections'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley

68

Clause     8,     page     6,     line     27,     at end add—

    '(6B) Where an application is made under subsection (3A) or (6A) above, the certificate shall be provided within one calendar month of receipt of the request.

    (6C) If an application is accompanied by a statement from an organisation which proposes to offer the applicant employment or placement in a child care position, that the applicant is a volunteer not occupying a paid position, then no fee shall be payable in respect of that certificate.'.

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Ms Debra Shipley

89

Clause     9,     page     6,     line     32,     after 'appeal' insert 'or determination'.

   

Ms Debra Shipley

90

Clause     9,     page     6,     line     35,     leave out 'period within which, and the manner in which' and insert 'manner in which appeals are to be instituted or applications for determinations are to be made;

( ) as to the period within which'.

   

Ms Debra Shipley

91

Clause     9,     page     6,     line     36,     at end insert—

'( ) the circumstances in which applications for leave may be made;'.

   

Ms Debra Shipley

92

Clause     9,     page     6,     line     37,     after 'to' insert 'applications for leave or other'.

   

Ms Debra Shipley

93

Clause     9,     page     6,     line     38,     after 'appeal' insert 'or determination'.

   

Ms Debra Shipley

94

Clause     9,     page     7,     line     4,     after 'appeals' insert 'or issues or applications for leave'.

   

Ms Debra Shipley

95

Clause     9,     page     7,     line     6,     at end insert 'or applications for determinations'.

   

Ms Debra Shipley

96

Clause     9,     page     7,     line     14,     after 'appeal' insert 'or determination'.

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Mr Andrew F. Bennett

31

Clause     12,     page     8,     line     13,     leave out '18' and insert '16'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley

48

Clause     12,     page     8,     leave out lines 18 and 19.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley

61

Clause     12,     page     8,     line     20,     at end insert 'or

(d) which may be prescribed by the Secretary of State in regulations to be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament.'.

   

Jackie Ballard

65

Clause     12,     page     8,     line     24,     at end insert ', or'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley

49

Clause     12,     page     8,     line     33,     after 'services' insert', including the provision of accommodation for a child,'.

   

Mr Philip Hammond

80

Clause     12, page     8,     line     43,     after 'functioning', insert 'or a state of diminished mental capacity resulting from degenerative illness which includes a significant loss of social functioning or capacity of expression'.

   

Mr Andrew F. Bennett

32

Clause     12,     page     9,     leave out lines 15 to 17 and insert—

    '(4) On the first occasion on which regulations are made under this Act they shall be subject to affirmative resolution by both Houses of Parliament, and any further regulations shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.'.

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Ms Debra Shipley

64

Clause     13,     page     9,     line     18,     at beginning insert—

    '(1A) Where—

(a) an individual who is or has been employed in a child care position has been referred by an organisation to the Secretary of State for inclusion in the Consultancy Service Index;

(b) the reference has not been determined at the commencement of section 2 above; and

(c) any of the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) of that section was fulfilled in relation to the reference,

    that section shall apply as if the reference had been a reference made by the organisation under subsection (1) of that section.

    (1B) For the purposes of subsection (1A) above, a reference of an individual for inclusion in that Index is determined only when, following the reference—

(a) the individual is included (otherwise than provisionally) in the Index; or

(b) the Secretary of State determines that he should not be included in it.'.

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Mr Andrew F. Bennett
Jackie Ballard

33

Clause     14,     page     9,     leave out lines 31 to 33.

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NEW CLAUSES

Legal aid in respect of tribunal proceedings

   

Mr Andrew F. Bennett
Jackie Ballard

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

    '. In paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Legal Aid Act 1988 insert the following new sub-paragraph—

"(e) the Tribunal established by section 9 of the Protection of Children Act 1999.".'.

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Failure to inform prospective employer of presence on list   

Mr Andrew F. Bennett
Jackie Ballard

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1) Any individual who knows that he is included in the list kept by the Secretary of State under section 1 shall be guilty of an offence if he applies for employment in a child care position but fails to inform his prospective employer that he is on the list.

    (2) Any individual guilty of an offence under subsection (1) above shall be subject to a maximum term of imprisonment of three months.'.

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Code of practice for screening of specified persons

   

Jackie Ballard

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

    '( ) In section 122(1) of the Police Act 1997, after "with", insert"—

(a)" and at the end insert "; and

(b) any matters in relation to the recruitment and supervision of persons who may apply for certificates under sections 113 and 115 of this Part".'.

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Duty to inform social services

   

Mr Philip Hammond

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

    'Whenever the Secretary of State provisionally includes an individual in the list in accordance with section 2(3)(b) above or confirms the inclusion of an individual in the list in accordance with section 2(5) above or removes an individual from the list in accordance with section 1(3) above, he shall, within a period of 30 days after such inclusion, confirmation or removal, inform the Social Services Department responsible for the area in which the individual resides of such inclusion, confirmation or removal.'.

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Prepared 24 Mar 1999