S.C.B.
Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 15th November 2001
STANDING COMMITTEE B
PROCEEDS OF CRIME BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [13th November].
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
Norman Baker
Mr Alistair Carmichael
8
Clause 6, page 3, line 16, leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.
Norman Baker
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Annette Brooke
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
23
Clause 6, page 3, leave out lines 22 to 26.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
11
Clause 6, page 3, line 32, leave out 'has a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is an habitual criminal for gain'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
12
Clause 6, page 3, line 33, leave out 'has a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is an habitual criminal for gain'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
13
Clause 6, page 3, line 35, leave out 'does not have a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is not an habitual criminal for gain'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
14
Clause 6, page 3, line 38, leave out 'must'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
15
Clause 6, page 3, line 39, after '(a)', insert 'must'.
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
9
Clause 6, page 3, line 40, after '(b)', insert 'may'.
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
10
Clause 6, page 3, line 40, after 'pay', insert 'a sum not exceeding'.
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
30
Clause 6, page 4, line 5, leave out 'a balance of probabilities' and insert 'the standard applicable for criminal proceedings'.
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
31
Clause 6, page 4, line 5, leave out 'a balance of probabilities' and insert 'the standard applicable in civil proceedings'.
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
32
Clause 10, page 5, line 30, leave out paragraph (b) and insert—
'(b) to pay any sum which is a lawful and bone fide debt.'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
16
Clause 11, page 5, line 36, leave out 'has a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is an habitual criminal for gain'.
Norman Baker
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Annette Brooke
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
24
Clause 11, page 5, line 37, leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
51
Clause 11, page 5, line 37, leave out 'make the following four assumptions' and insert 'follow the following four criteria'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
52
Clause 11, page 5, line 41, leave out 'assumption' and insert 'criterion'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
53
Clause 11, page 6, line 1, leave out 'assumption' and insert 'criterion'.
Norman Baker
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Annette Brooke
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
25
Clause 11, page 6, line 1, after 'property', insert 'transferred to the defendant after the relevant day and'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
54
Clause 11, page 6, line 5, leave out 'assumption' and insert 'criterion'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
55
Clause 11, page 6, line 8, leave out 'assumption' and insert 'criterion'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
56
Clause 11, page 6, line 11, leave out 'make a required assumption' and insert 'follow any such criterion'.
Norman Baker
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Annette Brooke
26
Clause 11, page 6, line 13, leave out paragraph (a) and insert—
'(a) The Director does not lead sufficient evidence to establish the assumption on the balance of probabilities; or
(aa) The defendant leads evidence to entitle the court to refuse to make the assumption; or'.
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
34
Clause 11, page 6, line 13, leave out paragraph (a) and insert—
'(a) the defendant adduces evidence which is sufficient to raise an issue with respect to the matter and the prosecution fails to prove its case on the matter.'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
57
Clause 11, page 6, line 13, leave out 'assumption is shown to be incorrect' and insert 'criterion is shown to be inapplicable'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
58
Clause 11, page 6, line 14, leave out 'assumption were made' and insert 'criterion were followed'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
59
Clause 11, page 6, line 15, leave out from 'not' to 'it' and insert 'follow one or more of such criteria'.
Mr Bob Ainsworth
36
Clause 12, page 6, line 42, at end add—
'(6) An order under subsection (4)—
(a) may be made after the end of the specified period, but
(b) must not be made after the end of the period of 12 months starting with the day on which the confiscation order is made.'
Mr Bob Ainsworth
37
Clause 13, page 7, line 6, at end insert—
'(2A) For the purposes of this section no amount is required to be paid under a confiscation order if—
(a) an application has been made under section 12(4),
(b) the application has not been determined by the court, and
(c) the period of 12 months starting with the day on which the confiscation order was made has not ended.'
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
60
Clause 14, page 7, line 35, leave out subsection (7).
Norman Baker
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Annette Brooke
27
Clause 15, page 8, line 4, leave out 'two years' and insert 'six months'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
17
Clause 17, page 9, line 26, leave out 'has a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is an habitual criminal for gain'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
18
Clause 17, page 9, line 30, leave out 'has a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is an habitual criminal for gain'.
Norman Baker
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Annette Brooke
28
Clause 17, page 9, line 36, leave out 'serious'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
19
Clause 17, page 9, line 41, leave out 'has a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is an habitual criminal for gain'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
20
Clause 21, page 12, line 31, leave out 'has a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is an habitual criminal for gain'.
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire
21
Clause 21, page 12, line 33, leave out 'does not have a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is not an habitual criminal for gain'.
Norman Baker
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Annette Brooke
29
Clause 30, page 20, line 4, leave out from '(d)' to 'he' in line 5.
Mr Bob Ainsworth
38
Clause 33, page 22, line 3, leave out subsection (11).
Mr Bob Ainsworth
39
Clause 49, page 30, line 36, leave out from 'property' to end of line 37.
Mr Bob Ainsworth
40
Clause 49, page 31, line 1, leave out 'sell' and insert 'realise'.
