Amendments proposed to the Police (Northern Ireland) Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

49

Clause     56,     page     29,     line     28,     leave out 'Board' and insert 'Secretary of State'.

   

Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

50

Clause     56,     page     29,     line     35,     at end insert—

'(c) the Ombudsman;

(d) the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.'.

   

Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

51

Clause     56,     page     29,     line     38,     leave out 'Secretary of State,' and insert 'Board.'.

   

Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Stephen Pound

278

Clause     56,     page     29,     line     38,     leave out 'him' and insert 'it'.

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Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

52

Clause     58,     page     30,     line     10,     leave out 'may make to the Chief Constable and the Board a report' and insert 'shall investigate and report to the Chief Constable and the Board'.

   

Mr Adam Ingram

281

Clause     58,     page     30,     line     18,     leave out from beginning to end of line 21 and insert—

    '( ) In section 63 of the 1998 Act (restriction on disclosure of information), after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—

    "(2A) Subsection (1) does not prevent the Ombudsman, to such extent as he thinks it necessary to do so in the public interest, from disclosing in a report under section 61A—
(a) the identity of an individual, or
(b) information from which the identity of an individual may be established." '.

   

Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

53

Clause     58,     page     30,     leave out lines 18 to 21.

   

Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

54

Clause     58,     page     30,     line     21,     after 'established.".', insert—

    '(3) Where a matter is to be investigated under subsection (1), the Ombudsman shall appoint an officer of the Ombudsman to conduct the investigation.

    (4) Section 66 of the 1998 Act applies to a person to whom subsection (3) applies as it applies to a constable.

    (5) At the end of an investigation under this section the person appointed to conduct the investigation shall submit a report on the investigation to the Ombudsman.'.

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Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

55

Clause     60,     page     31,     line     11,     after 'time".', insert—

    '(2AA) Any regulations under subsection (2A) shall include an exception permitting the Ombudsman to accept any complaint or investigate any matter which he otherwise could not investigate by virtue of said regulations where in the opinion of the Ombudsman there are exceptional reasons relating to the public interest to do so.'.

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Mr Lembit Öpik
Dr Jenny Tonge

95

Clause     61,     page     31,     leave out lines 12 and 13 and insert—

    'The Ombudsman may reasonably require the Chief Constable and the Boards to supply information and documents'.

   

Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

56

Clause     61,     page     31,     line     13,     leave out 'the Ombudsman may reasonably require' and insert 'he requires'.

   

Mr Adam Ingram

282

Clause     61,     page     31,     line     13,     leave out 'reasonably'.

   

Mr Lembit Öpik
Dr Jenny Tonge

96

Clause     61,     page     31,     line     14,     leave out 'any of his functions' and insert 'the functions of that office'.

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Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady

199

Clause     69,     page     33,     line     40,     at end insert—

    '(1A) Save in Part IV of this Act, in the Police Acts "efficiency and effectiveness" includes impartiality and compliance with the Human Rights Act 1998 and international human rights standards on policing.'.

   

Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

59

Clause     69,     page     33,     leave out lines 41 to 43.

   

Mr John M. Taylor
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Andrew Hunter

156

Clause     69,     page     33,     leave out lines 42 and 43 and insert—

'(a) the Royal Ulster Constabulary; and

(b) the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve.'.

   

Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

60

Clause     69,     page     34,     leave out lines 1 to 16.

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Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

61

Clause     70,     page     34,     line     19,     leave out subsection (2).

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Mr Adam Ingram

283

Schedule     5,     page     61,     line     30,     leave out 'or' and insert 'and'.

   

Mr Adam Ingram

284

Schedule     5,     page     61,     line     43,     after '41(2)' insert 'and (4)'.

   

Mr Adam Ingram

285

Schedule     5,     page     62,     line     2,     leave out '42(4)' and insert 'in subsection (4) of section 42, and in both places where it occurs in subsection (5) of that section,'.

   

Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

72

Schedule     5,     page     62,     line     10,     at end insert—

'(e) in section 64(2) after paragraph (n) insert—

    "(o) procedures for an investigation begun under section 61A to be continued, where the Ombudsman so directs, as if it had originally been begun under section 56 or section 57, as appropriate".'.

   

Mr Adam Ingram

286

Schedule     5,     page     62,     line     24,     at end insert ';

( ) in paragraph 7(2)(a), for "section 19" substitute "section 31 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000";

( ) in paragraph 8(4), for "section 18" substitute "section 30 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000".'.

   

Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

73

Schedule     5,     page     62,     line     40,     at end insert—

'Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order, 1998 (NI 21)

    24. In Article 74 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order, 1998, delete "in Northern Ireland.".'.

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Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

74

Schedule     7,     page     64,     line     38,     at end insert 'Sections 65(4) and (5)'.

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Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

62

Clause     71,     page     35,     line     2,     at end insert—

    '( ) sections 35(3), (4) and (5);'.

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NEW CLAUSES

Renaming of the police force in Northern Ireland

   

Mr John Hume
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Kevin McNamara
Dr Norman A. Godman
Mr Stephen Pound

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

    '1.—(1) The Royal Ulster Constabulary shall be known instead as the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

    (2) The Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve shall be known instead as the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve.

    (3) The police force in Northern Ireland shall be known instead as the Police service and shall consist of—

(a) the Police Service of Northern Ireland; and

(b) the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve.

    (4) In relation to any time after the coming into force of this section, any reference in any statutory provision or other document—

(a) to the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary shall be construed as a reference to the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

(b) to a person holding any other particular rank, or a rank of any particular description, in the Royal Ulster Constabulary shall be construed as a reference to a person holding that rank, or a rank of that description in the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

(c) to a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary shall be construed as a reference to a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

(d) to a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve shall be construed as a reference to a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve;

(e) to the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve shall be construed as a reference to the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve;

(f) to the Royal Ulster Constabulary in any other context shall be construed as a reference to the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

(g) to the police force in Northern Ireland shall be construed as a reference to the police service within the meaning of this Act.

    (5) In the Police Acts—

"the Service" means the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

"the Reserve" means the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve.

    (6) In this Act—

"the Police Acts" means this Act and the 1998 Act;

"the 1998 Act" means the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998.'.

Prepared 4 Jul 2000