Amendments proposed to the Proceeds of Crime, As Amended - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

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Page     99,     line     10     [Clause     167],     leave out 'has a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is a dishonest offender for gain'.

   

Norman Baker
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Annette Brooke

139

Page     99,     line     11     [Clause     167],     after 'must', insert 'normally'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

153

Page     99,     line     32     [Clause     167],     leave out 'serious' and insert 'real'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

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Page     100,     line     20     [Clause     168],     at end insert—

    '(7)   The court must not make an order under subsection (2) or (4) unless it gives—

(a)	the prosecutor, or

(b)	if the Director was appointed as the enforcement authority for the order under section 191, the Director,

an opportunity to make representations.'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

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Page     101,     line     23     [Clause     170],     leave out subsection (7).

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Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

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Page     103,     line     13     [Clause     173],     leave out 'has a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is a dishonest offender for gain'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

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Page     103,     line     17     [Clause     173],     leave out 'has a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is a dishonest offender for gain'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

179

Page     103,     line     20     [Clause     173],     leave out subsection (4) and insert—

    '(4)   A statement under subsection (3) must include information the prosecutor or Director believes is relevant—

(a)	in connection with the making by the court of a required assumption under section 167;

(b)	for the purpose of enabling the court to decide if the circumstances are such that it must not make such an assumption.'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

155

Page     103,     line     23     [Clause     173],     leave out 'serious' and insert 'real'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

32

Page     103,     line     28     [Clause     173],     leave out 'has a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is a dishonest offender for gain'.

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Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

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Page     106,     line     22     [Clause     177],     leave out 'has a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is a dishonest offender for gain'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

34

Page     106,     line     24     [Clause     177],     leave out 'does not have a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is not a dishonest offender for gain'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

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Page     111,     line     16     [Clause     181],     leave out 'is situated in Northern Ireland and'.

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Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

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Page     112,     line     13     [Clause     184],     leave out 'appropriate' and insert 'just'.

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Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

157

Page     113,     line     6     [Clause     185],     leave out 'appropriate' and insert 'just'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

180

Page     113,     line     38     [Clause     186],     at end insert—

'(ba)

he is convicted of an offence (or any of the offences) mentioned in section 185(2)(a),'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

181

Page     113,     line     42     [Clause     186],     leave out from second 'the' to 'he' in line 43 and insert 'relevant period'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

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Page     114,     line     5     [Clause     186],     at end insert—

    '(3)   The relevant period is the period of 28 days starting with—

(a)	the date on which the defendant was convicted of the offence mentioned in section 185(2)(a), or

(b)	if there are two or more offences and the the convictions were on different dates, the date of the latest.

    (4)   But in a case where section 185(2)(a) applies to more than one offence the court must not make an order under this section unless it is satisfied that there is no possibility of any further proceedings being taken or continued in relation to any such offence in respect of which the defendant has not been convicted.'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

195

Page     121,     line     25     [Clause     197],     leave out from 'by' to 'or' in line 26 and insert 'the defendant'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

183

Page     130,     line     8     [Clause     210],     leave out subsection (7).

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

184

Page     131,     line     25     [Clause     212],     leave out subsection (6).

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Norman Baker
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Annette Brooke

141

Page     137,     line     43     [Clause     225],     leave out 'an' and insert 'a serious'.

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Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

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Page     138,     line     38     [Clause     227],     leave out 'serious' and insert 'negligent'.

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Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

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Page     139,     line     3     [Clause     227],     leave out 'serious' and insert 'negligent'.

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Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

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Page     140,     line     36     [Clause     230],     leave out 'has a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is a dishonest offender for gain'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

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Page     140,     line     41     [Clause     230],     at end insert—

'(bb)

it is an offence under section 11, 12 or 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11);'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

173

Page     140,     line     42     [Clause     230],     leave out paragraph (c).

   

Norman Baker
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Annette Brooke

144

Page     140,     line     44     [Clause     230],     leave out 'an' and insert 'a serious'.

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Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

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Page     141,     line     9     [Clause     230],     at end insert—

    '(4)   It shall be open to any defendant to adduce evidence in rebuttal that the condition is satisfied and if such evidence is adduced the court may hold that he is not a dishonest offender of gain, notwithstanding the conditions being satisfied, if it considers that there would be a real risk of injustice so to do.'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

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Page     141,     line     40     [Clause     232],     leave out 'has a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is a dishonest offender for gain'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

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Page     141,     line     42     [Clause     232],     leave out 'has a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is a dishonest offender for gain'.

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Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

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Page     142,     line     8     [Clause     232],     leave out 'does not have a criminal lifestyle' and insert 'is not a dishonest offender for gain'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

185

Page     142,     line     28     [Clause     233],     leave out 'the defendant obtained it' and insert 'of the transfer'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

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Page     142,     line     29     [Clause     233],     leave out 'obtained it' and insert 'makes such transfer'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

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Page     142,     line     34     [Clause     233],     leave out 'the defendant obtained it' and insert 'of the transfer'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr David Wilshire

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Page     142,     line     37     [Clause     233],     at end insert—

    '(4)   If the recipient of a tainted gift obtained the property in good faith, without knowledge of it being a defendant's benefit from criminal conduct, then, if the value of such tainted gift is found to be greater at the date the property was given than at the date the property is confiscated, the difference in such value shall be recoverable from the defendant but not from the recipient of the gift.'.

Prepared 22 Feb 2002