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Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 25th June 2002

STANDING COMMITTEE A


POLICE REFORM BILL [LORDS]

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee (23rd May).

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

66

Schedule     4,     page     134,     line     19,     at end insert 'whom he reasonably suspects to be in possession of an object that is likely to cause harm or injury'.

   

Mr John Denham

206

Schedule     4,     page     134,     line     33,     leave out 'under section 35'.

   

Mr John Denham

207

Schedule     4,     page     134,     line     37,     after second 'that' insert 'or any other police'.

   

Mr John Denham

208

Schedule     4,     page     134,     line     38,     leave out 'a place in that area that is' and insert 'any other place'.

   

Mr John Denham

209

Schedule     4,     page     134,     line     40,     after 'area' insert 'or in another police area'.

   

Mr John Denham

210

Schedule     4,     page     134,     line     40,     at end insert—

     '(1A) Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, that person may be authorised by the custody officer for any designated police station outside the relevant police area to escort a person in police detention—

            (a)   from that police station to a designated police station in that area; or

            (b)   from that police station to any place in that area specified by the custody officer and either back to that police station or on to another police station (whether in that area or elsewhere).'.

   

Mr John Denham

211

Schedule     4,     page     134,     line     42,     after '(1)' insert 'or (1A)'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

67

Schedule     4,     page     135,     line     3,     at end insert 'whom he reasonably suspects to be in possession of an object that is likely to cause harm or injury'.

   

Mr John Denham

212

Schedule     4,     page     135,     line     25,     after '35' insert 'or (Police powers for contracted-out staff)'.

   

Mr John Denham

213

Schedule     4,     page     135,     line     29,     at end insert—

     '(1A) In this Schedule "a designation" means a designation under section 35.

    (1B) In Parts 3 and 4 of this Schedule "a designation" also includes a designation under section (Police powers for contracted-out staff).'.


   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

144

Clause     36,     page     35,     line     37,     leave out 'consult with' and insert 'obtain the approval of'.

   

Mr John Denham

214

Clause     36,     page     35,     line     38,     leave out 'and the principal local authority for that area' and insert '; and

      (b) every local authority any part of whose area lies within the police area.

    (3A)   In subsection (3)(b) "local authority" means—

      (a) in relation to England, a district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly; and

      (b) in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council.'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

145

Clause     36,     page     35,     line     38,     after 'and', insert 'before giving such approval, the police authority in question must consult'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

12

Clause     36,     page     36,     line     11,     leave out from 'with' to end of line 14 and insert 'any local authority falling within the police authority area'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

13

Clause     36,     page     36,     line     15,     leave out 'employers' and insert 'local authorities'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

14

Clause     36,     page     36,     line     19,     leave out 'employers' and insert 'local authorities'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

146

Clause     36,     page     36,     line     23,     at end insert—

    '(6A)   It shall be the responsibility of any police authority which has approved a scheme under this section to undertake a full review of the workings of the scheme 12 months after its establishment and in particular to—

      (a) seek the views of the principal local authority for the area; and

      (b) monitor the impact of the scheme on public confidence in the force maintained by that authority.'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

15

Clause     36,     page     36,     line     23,     at end add—

    '(7)   In this section "local authority" means the relevant local authority, that is to say—

      (a) in relation to England, a county council, a district council, a London borough council, a metropolitan council, a unitary council or the Common Council of the City of London; and

      (b) in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council.'.


   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

16

Clause     37,     page     36,     line     27,     leave out 'any employer' and insert 'a local authority'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

17

Clause     37,     page     36,     line     28,     after 'employees', insert 'or sub-contractors'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

18

Clause     37,     page     36,     line     28,     leave out 'employer' and insert 'local authority'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

19

Clause     37,     page     36,     line     30,     leave out 'person' and insert 'local authority'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

20

Clause     37,     page     36,     line     30,     leave out 'he' and insert 'it'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

21

Clause     37,     page     36,     line     31,     after 'employee', insert 'or sub-contractor'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

22

Clause     37,     page     36,     line     31,     leave out 'employer' and insert 'local authority'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

23

Clause     37,     page     36,     line     36,     leave out paragraph (a).

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

147

Clause     37,     page     36,     line     38,     at end insert—

      '(aa) that there has not been a bankruptcy order made against the person's employer, or the employer's estate has not been sequestrated, or the employer has not made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, its creditors;'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

24

Clause     37,     page     37,     line     8,     leave out 'employer' and insert 'local authority'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

25

Clause     37,     page     37,     line     17,     leave out second 'person' and insert 'local authority'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

26

Clause     37,     page     37,     line     18,     leave out 'whom' and insert 'which'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke

27

Clause     37,     page     37,     line     20,     at end add—

    '(9)   In this section "local authority" means the relevant local authority, that is to say—

      (a) in relation to England, a county council, a district council, a London borough council, a Metropolitan borough council, a unitary council or the Common Council of the City of London; and

      (b) in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council.'.


   

Mr John Denham

215

Schedule     5,     page     136,     line     16,     at end insert—

    'Power to require giving of name and address

    1A (1) Where an accredited person whose accreditation specifies that this paragraph applies to him has reason to believe that another person has committed a relevant offence in the relevant police area, he may require that other person to give him his name and address.

    (2) A person who fails to comply with a requirement under sub-paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

    (3) In this paragraph "relevant offence", in relation to any accredited person, means any offence which is—

            (a)   a relevant fixed penalty offence for the purposes of any powers exercisable by the accredited person by virtue of paragraph 1; or

            (b)   an offence the commission of which appears to the accredited person to have caused—

            (i) injury, alarm or distress to any other person; or

            (ii) the loss of, or any damage to, any other person's property;

    but the accreditation of an accredited person may provide that an offence is not to be treated as a relevant offence by virtue of paragraph (b) unless it satisfies such other conditions as may be specified in the accreditation.'.

   

Norman Baker
Annette Brooke
Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins

28

Schedule     5,     page     136,     line     18,     leave out paragraph 2.

 
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