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Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 3rd February 2000

STANDING COMMITTEE D

TERRORISM BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [1st February], as follows:—

Clause 62, Schedule 8, Clauses 63 to 81, Schedule 9, Clauses 82 to 95; Schedule 10, Clauses 96 to 99, Schedule 11, Clauses 100 to 111, Schedule 12, Clauses 112 to 120, Schedules 13 and 14, Clauses 121 to 125, Clauses 60 and 61, new Clauses and new Schedules.

   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard

138

Clause     73,     page     34,     leave out lines 33 to 37 and insert—

      '(b) prima facie evidence is adduced that the accused was subject to oppression in order to induce him to make the statement, or that the statement was or may have been obtained in consequence of anything said or done which was likely, in the circumstances, existing at the time, to render unreliable any confession which might be made by him, and

      (c) the prosecution did not prove to the court beyond reasonable doubt that the statement was not obtained in the manner referred to in paragraph (b) above.'.

   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard

139

Clause     73,     page     35,     line     5,     at end add—

    '(7) In this section "oppression" includes torture, inhumane or degrading punishment, and the use or threat of violence (whether or not amounting to torture).

    (8) In any proceedings where the prosecution proposes to give in evidence a statement by an accused person, the court may require the prosecution, as a condition of allowing it to do so, to prove that the confession was not obtained as set out in subsection (3) above.'.

   

Mr Stephen McCabe

143

Schedule     9,     page     115,     leave out lines 26 and 27 and insert—

      '(b) if the officer reasonably suspects him to have munitions unlawfully with him or wireless apparatus with him, search him for the purposes of ascertaining whether he has those items'.

   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard

140

Schedule     9,     page     115,     line     27,     after second 'him', insert 'provided he reasonably suspects that the person has munitions unlawfully with him or wireless apparatus with him.'.

   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard

141

Clause     86,     page     41,     line     21,     after 'necessary', insert ', up to a maximum of fifteen minutes,'.

   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard

142

Clause     86,     page     41,     line     23,     leave out 'identity' and insert 'name and address'.

   

Mr Stephen McCabe

144

Clause     96,     page     46,     line     19,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Stephen McCabe

145

Clause     96,     page     46,     line     25,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard

134

Page     49,     line     8,     leave out Clause 104.

   

Mr Adam Ingram

18

Clause     113,     page     52,     line     40,     leave out 'or'.

   

Mr Adam Ingram

19

Clause     113,     page     53,     line     1,     at end insert 'or

      () Schedule [Private security services].'.

   

Mr David Lidington
Mr John M. Taylor

136

Clause     118,     page     55,     leave out line 32.

   

Mr Charles Clarke

85

Clause     118,     page     55,     line     33,     at end insert—

      '(l) paragraph 15A of Schedule 7'.

   

Mr David Lidington
Mr John M. Taylor

137

Clause     118,     page     55,     line     43,     at end insert—

      '(j) paragraph 17(3) of Schedule 6'.

   

Mr Adam Ingram

20

Clause     118,     page     56,     line     19,     at end insert—

    '() An order under paragraph 8(3) of Schedule [Private security services] shall be laid before Parliament.'.

   

Mr Charles Clarke

66

Schedule     13,     page     122,     line     26,     leave out 'arrest or'.

   

Mr Charles Clarke

67

Schedule     13,     page     122,     line     50,     leave out 'arrest or'.

   

Mr Charles Clarke

68

Schedule     14,     page     126,     line     35,     at end insert—

'1999 c. 33.Immigration and Asylum
     Act 1999.		In Schedule 14, paragraph
     89.'

   

Mr Adam Ingram

21

Clause     124,     page     57,     line     31,     at end insert 'and section [Private security services].'.

   

Mr David Lidington
Mr John M. Taylor

102

Clause     60,     page     26,     line     36,     leave out 'does' and insert 'is convicted of'.

   

Mr Charles Clarke

135

Page     27,     line     8,     leave out Clause 61.

NEW CLAUSES

Private security services

   

Mr Adam Ingram

NC5

To move the following Clause:—

    '. Schedule [Private security services] shall have effect.'.

Report to Parliament

   

Mr Charles Clarke

NC7

To move the following Clause:—

    '. The Secretary of State shall lay before both Houses of Parliament at least once in every 12 months a report on the working of this Act.'.

Terrorist finance: jurisdiction

   

Mr Charles Clarke

NC8

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1) If—

      (a) a person does anything outside the United Kingdom, and

      (b) his action would have constituted the commission of an offence under any of sections 14 to 17 if it had been done in the United Kingdom,

    he shall be guilty of the offence.

    (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), section 17(1)(b) shall be read as if for "the jurisdiction" there were substituted "a jurisdiction".'.

Terrorist bombing and finance: extradition

   

Mr Charles Clarke

NC9

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1) The Extradition Act 1989 shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In section 22(2) (international conventions) after paragraph (l) insert—

            "(m) the Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, which was opened for signature at New York on 12th January 1998 ("the Terrorist Bombings Convention");

            (n) the Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism which was opened for signature at New York on 10th January 2000 ("the Terrorist Finance Convention")."

    (3) In section 22(4) after paragraph (l) insert—

            "(m) in relation to the Terrorist Bombings Convention, an offence, committed as an act of terrorism or for the purposes of terrorism, under—

                (i) section 2, 3 or 5 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 (causing explosions, &c.),

                (ii) section 1 of the Biological Weapons Act 1974 (biological weapons), or

                (iii) section 2 of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996 (chemical weapons);

            (n) in relation to the Terrorist Finance Convention, an offence under any of sections 14 to 17 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (terrorist property: offences)."

    (4) After section 24(4) (suppression of terrorism) insert—

            "(5) Subsections (1) and (2) above shall have effect in relation to an offence to which section 22(4)(m) or (n) above applies as they have effect in relation to an offence to which section 1 of the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 applies.

            (6) For that purpose subsection (2) applies to a country which is a party to—

            (a) the Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings mentioned in section 22(2)(m) above, or

            (b) the Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism mentioned in section 22(2)(n) above."

    (5) The offences to which an Order in Council under section 2 of the Extradition Act 1870 (arrangements with foreign states) can apply shall include—

      (a) offences under the provisions mentioned in sections 60(2) and [Terrorist finance: jurisdiction](1)(b),

      (b) conspiracy to commit any of those offences, and

      (c) attempt to commit any of those offences.'.

Annual report

   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1) The Secretary of State shall present to Parliament every twelve months a report on the operation and effectiveness in the preceding year of the provisions of the Act.

    (2) The first annual report shall be presented to Parliament no later than twelve months from the day on which the Act is brought into force.'.

Expiry and revival

   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1) This Act shall (subject to subsection (2)) cease to have effect at the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which the Act is brought into force.

    (2) The Secretary of State may by order provide—

      (a) that a provision of this Act which is in force (whether or not by virtue of this subsection) shall continue in force for a specific period not exceeding five years;

      (b) that a provision of this Act shall cease to have effect;

      (c) that a provision of this Act which is not in force (whether or not by virtue of this subsection) shall come into force and remain in force for a specified period not exceeding five years.

    (3) An order under subsection (2) shall be made by statutory instrument; and no such order shall be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.'.

 
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