Amendment Paper as at
Monday 26th November 2001
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE
ANTI-TERRORISM CRIME AND SECURITY BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the House of 21st November.
Simon Hughes
Mr Oliver Letwin
Norman Baker
Mr Dominic Grieve
91
Page 19, line 3, leave out Clause 36.
Simon Hughes
Mr Oliver Letwin
Norman Baker
Mr Dominic Grieve
92
Page 19, line 7, leave out Clause 37.
Simon Hughes
Norman Baker
Mr John Burnett
Bob Russell
Annette Brooke
153
Clause 38, page 19, line 15, leave out 'RACIAL OR RELIGIOUS HATRED' and insert 'HATRED OFFENCES'
Simon Hughes
Norman Baker
Mr John Burnett
Bob Russell
Annette Brooke
154
Clause 38, page 19, line 18, leave out 'religious'.
Simon Hughes
Norman Baker
Mr John Burnett
Bob Russell
Annette Brooke
155
Clause 38, page 19, line 19, leave out from 'Part' to end of line 20 and insert—
'hatred offences" means hatred against a group of persons or individuals defined by reference to their age, disability, gender, race, religion or sexuality.'
Mr Christopher Chope
John Cryer
19
Clause 38, page 19, line 20, at end insert 'but shall not include hatred of a belief or lack of belief where such hatred does not extend to the person or persons holding that belief'.
Mr Christopher Chope
20
Clause 38, page 19, line 20, at end insert—
'17B Meaning of religious belief
In this part, religious belief" means belief in a supernatural being, thing or principle and the acceptance of canons of conduct in order to give effect to that belief which are lawful'.
Sir Brian Mawhinney
Andrew Mackinlay
106
Clause 38, page 19, line 20, at end insert—
'(3A) In section 18, after subsection (2) insert—
(5A) No prosecution may be brought under this section solely on the grounds that a person has used words which are expressions of the tenets of any religion or which form part of the rites of any religion.".'.
Simon Hughes
Norman Baker
Mr John Burnett
Bob Russell
Annette Brooke
156
Clause 38, page 19, line 21, leave out 'racial or religious hatred', and insert 'hatred offences'.
Simon Hughes
Norman Baker
Mr John Burnett
Bob Russell
Annette Brooke
157
Clause 38, page 19, line 35, leave out 'religious hatred' and insert 'hatred'.
Simon Hughes
Norman Baker
Mr John Burnett
Bob Russell
Annette Brooke
158
Clause 38, page 19, line 38, leave out 'racial or religious hatred' and insert 'hatred offences'.
Mr Tony McWalter
Mr Neil Gerrard
Simon Hughes
Mr Oliver Letwin
Norman Baker
Mr Dominic Grieve
1
Page 19, line 12, leave out Clause 38.
Mr Tony McWalter
Mr Chris Mullin
Mr David Cameron
Andrew Bennett
John McDonnell
Jeremy Corbyn
2
Page 20, line 1, leave out Clause 39.
Mr Tony McWalter
Jeremy Corbyn
Ms Diane Abbott
3
Clause 40, page 20, line 40, leave out 'or religious'.
Mr Chris Mullin
Mr David Cameron
Andrew Bennett
Simon Hughes
Mr Oliver Letwin
Norman Baker
56
Page 20, line 39, leave out Clause 40.
Simon Hughes
Mr Oliver Letwin
Norman Baker
Mr Dominic Grieve
94
Page 21, line 1, leave out Clause 41.
Simon Hughes
Mr Oliver Letwin
Norman Baker
Mr Dominic Grieve
95
Page 21, line 5, leave out Clause 42.
Mr Secretary Blunkett
23
Clause 45, page 22, line 14, leave out from 'involved' to end of line 18 and insert '—
(a) the development or production outside the United Kingdom of any thing mentioned in section 1(1)(a) or (b) above;
(b) the movement of any such thing into or out of any country or territory;
(c) any proposal or attempt to do anything falling within paragraph (a) or (b) above'.
Mr Secretary Blunkett
24
Clause 45, page 22, line 38, after 'to', insert 'the institution of'.
Mr Secretary Blunkett
25
Clause 46, page 23, line 4, leave out from 'involved' to end of line 8 and insert '—
(a) the development or production outside the United Kingdom of a chemical weapon;
(b) the movement of a chemical weapon into or out of any country or territory;
(c) any proposal or attempt to do anything falling within paragraph (a) or (b).'
Mr Secretary Blunkett
26
Clause 46, page 23, line 28, after 'to', insert 'the institution of'.
Mr Secretary Blunkett
27
Clause 47, page 24, line 16, at end insert—
'( ) Nothing in subsection (7) affects any criminal liability arising otherwise than under that subsection.'
Mr Secretary Blunkett
28
Clause 53, page 27, line 6, leave out from 'involved' to end of line 10 and insert '—
(a) the development or production outside the United Kingdom of a nuclear weapon;
(b) the movement of a nuclear weapon into or out of any country or territory;
(c) any proposal or attempt to do anything falling within paragraph (a) or (b).'
Mr Secretary Blunkett
29
Clause 53, page 27, line 28, after 'to', insert 'the institution of'.
Mr Secretary Blunkett
30
Clause 58, page 28, line 35, leave out 'is capable of endangering life or causing' and insert 'could be used in an act of terrorism to endanger life or cause'.
Mr Secretary Blunkett
31
Clause 58, page 29, line 2, at end add—
'(5) But something otherwise falling within subsection (4) is not to be regarded as a dangerous substance if—
(a) it satisfies prescribed conditions; or
(b) it is kept or used in prescribed circumstances.'
Mr Secretary Blunkett
43
Schedule 5, page 105, line 29, leave out 'Chlamydia' and insert 'Chlamydophila'.
Mr Secretary Blunkett
44
Schedule 5, page 106, line 11, at end insert—
'1A Any reference in this Schedule to a toxin includes—
(a) any genetic material containing any nucleic acid sequence for the coding of the toxin; and
(b) any genetically modified organism containing any such sequence.'
Mr Secretary Blunkett
45
Schedule 5, page 106, line 12, leave out paragraph 2 and insert—
'2 Any reference in this Schedule to a toxin includes subunits of the toxin.'
Simon Hughes
Norman Baker
Mr John Burnett
Bob Russell
Annette Brooke
139
Clause 59, page 29, line 17, leave out 'one month' and insert 'fourteen days'.
Mr Secretary Blunkett
138
Clause 60, page 29, line 30, leave out from 'to' to end of line 32 and insert '—
(a) any dangerous substance kept or used in the premises; or
(b) the measures taken (whether by the occupier or any other person) to ensure the security of any such substance.'.
Mr Secretary Blunkett
32
Clause 60, page 29, line 41, at end add 'or in respect of which a notice under section 59 is in force'.
Mr Secretary Blunkett
Mrs Secretary Liddell
33
Clause 71, page 34, line 42, leave out subsection (5) and insert—
'(5) Subsections (1) to (3) apply to Scotland with the substitution for references to the magistrates' court of references to the sheriff.
(5A) The appeal to the sheriff is by way of summary application.
(5B) A further appeal shall lie—
(a) to the sheriff principal from the decision of the sheriff; and
(b) with the leave of the sheriff principal, to the Court of Session from the decision of the sheriff principal.'
Mr Secretary Blunkett
34
Clause 73, page 35, line 15, leave out '59 or 61 or Schedule 5' and insert '58, 59 or 61'.
Mr Secretary Blunkett
35
Clause 74, page 35, line 19, at end insert—
'act of terrorism" has the same meaning as in the Terrorism Act 2000 (c.11);'.
