Amendments proposed to the Immigration and Asylum Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr Peter Bottomley

144

Clause     98,     page     57,     line     17,     after 'destitute', insert ', except in the case of persons granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as students or otherwise under Part 3 of the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (HC 395) as amended who have been deserted or are fleeing the effects of domestic violence'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

418

Clause     99,     page     58,     line     27,     leave out 'may be' and insert 'are being'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

419

Clause     101,     page     59,     line     5,     after 'provided', insert 'by the Secretary of State or which the Secretary of State has arranged to be provided'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

420

Clause     101,     page     59,     leave out lines 6 to 13 and insert—

    '(2) If on an application made by a person authorised in writing by the Secretary of State a Justice of the Peace is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that—

      (a) a supported person or his dependants are not resident in the accommodation;

      (b) the accommodation is being improperly treated; or

      (c) a person other than the supported person and his dependants (if any) is residing in the accommodation he may issue a warrant authorising a constable to enter and search the premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the circumstances outlined in (a) to (c) above exist'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

421

Clause     103,     page     59,     leave out lines 33 and 34.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

422

Clause     104,     page     60,     line     4,     at beginning insert—

    '(1) In this Part an "immigration officer" means an immigration officer who is authorised by the Secretary of State to exercise the powers conferred by this Part and the Secretary of State shall not so authorise an immigration officer unless he is satisfied that the immigration officer has received such training as the Secretary of State considers to be appropriate'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

423

Clause     104,     page     60,     line     30,     after '(1)', insert '(d) or '.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

424

Clause     104,     page     60,     leave out lines 33 and 34 and insert 'only if any of (a), (b), (c) or (d) of subsection (7) ("the first condition") or (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (8) ("the second condition") are satisfied'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

425

Clause     105,     page     61,     line     32,     at end insert—

    '(4A) A search under a warrant granted under this section may only be a search to the extent that is reasonably required for the purpose for which the warrant was granted'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

426

Clause     106,     page     62,     leave out lines 13 to 15 and insert—

    '(4) The power may be exercised only if the officer—

      (a) identifies himself to the occupier and produces to him documentary evidence that he is an immigration officer;

      (b) explains to the occupier the purpose of the search; and

      (c) gives to the occupier a notice in writing stating the identity of the officer and the purpose of the search.

    (5) Where it appears to the officer necessary to do so the officer must take reasonable steps to satisfy (a) to (c) of subsection (4) above in a language or manner which the occupier is able to understand.

    (6) Where—

      (a) the occupier of such premises is not present when an officer seeks to exercise the power conferred by this section; but

      (b) some other person who appears to the officer to be in charge of the premises is present

    subsections (4) and (5) above shall have effect as if any reference to the occupier were a reference to that person.'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

432

Clause     109,     page     65,     line     43,     at end insert—

    '(5A) If the person who was in occupation or control of the premises is in detention at the time of the search, a copy of the record referred to in subsection (5) shall be given to him and if he was in police detention at the time the record shall form part of his custody record'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

427

Clause     110,     page     66,     line     33,     after 'headgear', insert 'unless the headgear has cultural or religious significance'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

428

Clause     110,     page     66,     line     33,     leave out from 'headgear' to end of line 34.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

429

Clause     110,     page     67,     line     2,     at end insert—

    '(9) Subsection (3)(b) above shall not apply where the person arrested is not able to fully comprehend the reason for any such search, whether by reason of language, mental or other disability or age and in such circumstances any such search should only be carried out at a police station and in the presence of an interpreter.'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

430

Clause     110,     page     67,     line     36,     after 'privilege', insert 'or items of excluded or special procedure material'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

433

Clause     111,     page     68,     line     11,     at beginning insert 'Subject to subsection (2A) below'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

431

Clause     111,     page     68,     leave out lines 14 to 18 inclusive.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

434

Clause     111,     page     68,     line     21,     at end insert—

    '(2A) Where a person is in police detention at a place other than a police station an immigration officer may only search him—

      (a) to see whether he has with him anything which the officer has reasonable grounds for believing is evidence relating to the offence in question;

      (b) investigation of the offence in question will be hampered if a search is delayed until the person arrives at a police station'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

435

Clause     111,     page     68,     line     39,     at end insert 'and where it appears necessary to do so the officer must take reasonable steps to explain the reason for the seizure in a language or manner which the person understands'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

436

Clause     111,     page     69,     leave out lines 39 to 44.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

437

Clause     111,     page     70,     line     24,     at end insert 'and where it appears necessary to do so the officer must take reasonably steps to explain the reason for the seizure in a language or manner which the person understands'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

438

Clause     114,     page     73,     line     30,     at end insert—

    '(3A) If there are reasonable grounds for believing that the occupier of the premises may not be able to fully comprehend the purpose of the warrant the immigration officer must take reasonable steps to ensure that he is accompanied by a suitable interpreter unless obtaining the presence of such an interpreter would cause delay so as to frustrate the purpose of the search'.

   

Mr Mike O'Brien

515

*Clause     114,     page     74,     line     17,     leave out from 'clerk' to end of line 18 and insert 'justices' chief executive appointed by the magstrates' court committee whose area includes the petty sessions area for which the justice acts'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

439

Clause     116,     page     75,     line     8,     at end insert 'but he may not detain that person for more than one week unless he obtains the authority of a senior officer to do so and he may not detain that person for more than one month unless he obtains the authority of a justice of the peace to do so'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

440

Clause     122,     page     78,     line     14,     leave out 'or the contract monitor'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

441

Clause     123,     page     78,     line     42,     at end insert—

      '(d) to ensure that information on conditions of detention and procedures for making complaints are available to detainees and that reasonable steps are taken to make such information available to detainees in a language they can understand'.

 
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