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NC7
To move the following Clause:—'.—(1) In this Act "terrorism" means the use or threat of serious violence to procure or attempt to procure the alteration, cessation or doing of any matter or thing established by a law of, or within the competence or power of, a legally constituted government or other political body (whether or not legally constituted) in the United Kingdom or any other place, either
- (a) for the purpose of putting the public or a section of the public in fear; or
- (b) for the purpose of preventing or dissuading the public or a section of the public from carrying out, either generally or at a particular place, an activity it is entitled to carry out.
(2) "Violence" means violence of a kind that endangers the life of any person, or creates a serious risk to the safety of the public or a section of the public.'.
Expiry and revival (No. 2)
Mr Simon Hughes
Jackie Ballard
Mr John Burnett
Mr Lembit Öpik
NC8
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.'.
Mr Kevin McNamara
Mr Jeremy Corbyn
Mr Alan Simpson
Mr John McDonnell
Maria Fyfe
122
Page 1, line 7 [Clause 1], leave out from 'means' to end of line 8 and insert 'the commission of, or the threat to commit, any criminal act with the intention of—
- (a) putting the public or any section of the public in fear, or
- (b) coercing the institutions of democratic government,
provided that the act'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Jackie Ballard
Mr John Burnett
Mr Lembit Öpik
190
Page 1, line 7 [Clause 1], leave out from 'use' to end of line 12 and insert 'of serious violence against a person or persons, or the threat to use such violence, to intimidate or coerce a government, one or more political bodies or organisations, the public or any section of the public for political ends, and which—
- (a) endangers the life of any person; or
- (b) creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public.'.
Mr Douglas Hogg
198
*Page 1, line 7 [Clause 1], after 'threat', insert 'of violence'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Jackie Ballard
Mr John Burnett
Mr Lembit Öpik
Mr Jeremy Corbyn
Mr Alan Simpson
194
Page 1, line 7 [Clause 1], leave out from 'threat' to 'of' in line 8 and insert 'for political ends,'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Jackie Ballard
Mr John Burnett
Mr Lembit Öpik
192
Page 1 [Clause 1], leave out line 8 and insert 'coercing, influencing or intimidating government, one or more political bodies, groups or organisations, the public or any section of the public, of actions which—'.
Mr Douglas Hogg
199
*Page 1, line 8 [Clause 1], leave out from 'cause' to end of line 12.
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Mr David Lidington
Mr Oliver Heald
Mr John M. Taylor
146
Page 1 [Clause 1], leave out line 9 and insert—
- '(a) involves violence against any person or serious violence against property'.'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Jackie Ballard
Mr John Burnett
Mr Lembit Öpik
193
Page 1, line 9 [Clause 1], leave out 'or property'.
Mr Kevin McNamara
Mr John McDonnell
Maria Fyfe
123
Page 1, line 10, [Clause 1], after '(b)', insert 'seriously'.
Mr Douglas Hogg
200
*Page 1, line 12 [Clause 1], at end insert—'(1A) For the purposes of this Act, "violence" means violence of a kind that endangers the life of any person or creates a serious risk to the safety of the public or a section of the public.'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Jackie Ballard
Mr John Burnett
Mr Lembit Öpik
195
Page 1, line 14 [Clause 1], leave out from 'Kingdom' to 'and' in line 16.
Mr Simon Hughes
Jackie Ballard
Mr John Burnett
Mr Lembit Öpik
186
Page 2, line 19 [Clause 3], at end insert—
- '(ii) he has satisfied a judicial authority that there are reasonable grounds for believing that it is concerned in terrorism; and
- (iii) that the judicial authority has issued a declaration that there are reasonable grounds for the exercise of the Secretary of State's power'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Jackie Ballard
Mr John Burnett
Mr Lembit Öpik
187
Page 2, line 19 [Clause 3], at end insert—'(4A) In this section "judicial authority" means—
- (a) in England and Wales, the Lord Chief Justice or his designated appointee
- (b) in Northern Ireland, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland or his designated appointee
- (c) and in Scotland, the Lord Advocate or his designated appointee.'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Jackie Ballard
Mr John Burnett
Mr Lembit Öpik
188
Page 2, line 23 [Clause 3], at end insert 'or'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Jackie Ballard
Mr John Burnett
Mr Lembit Öpik
189
Page 2, line 24 [Clause 3], leave out from 'terrorism' to end of line 25.
Mr Secretary Straw
1
Page 3, line 26 [Clause 6], leave out 'leave' and insert 'permission'.
Mr Secretary Straw
2
Page 3, line 28 [Clause 6], leave out 'leave' and insert 'permission'.
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