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Criminal Justice Bill
Schedule 21 — Amendments relating to sentencing
Part 1 — General

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                      (b)                     which the court could include if it were then making the

order.

                           (2)                  A magistrates’ court shall not under sub-paragraph (1) above

amend a curfew order by extending the curfew periods beyond

the end of three months from the date of the original order.

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                           (3)                  A magistrates’ court shall not under sub-paragraph (1) above

amend an exclusion order by extending the period for which the

offender is prohibited from entering the place in question beyond

the end of three months from the date of the original order.

                           (4)                  For the purposes of this paragraph the eligible persons are—

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                      (a)                     the offender;

                      (b)                     the responsible officer;

                      (c)                     in relation to an exclusion order, any affected person.

                            But an application under sub-paragraph (1) by a person such as is

mentioned in paragraph (c) above must be for the cancellation of

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a requirement which was included in the order by virtue of his

consent or for the purpose (or partly for the purpose) of protecting

him from being approached by the offender, or for the insertion of

a requirement which will, if inserted, be such a requirement.”

  71       In Schedule 5 (breach, revocation and amendment of attendance centre

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orders)—

              (a)             in paragraph 1(1)(b), for “section 62(3) of this Act” there is

substituted “section 230(c) or (d) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

              (b)             in paragraph 2(5)(b), for “section 79(2) of this Act” there is

substituted “section 135(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”, and

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              (c)             in paragraph 3(3)(b), for “section 79(2) of this Act” there is

substituted “section 135(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

  72       In Schedule 6 (requirements which may be included in supervision

orders)—

              (a)             in paragraph 2(7)(a), after the word “other” there is inserted “youth

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community order or any”, and

              (b)             in paragraph 3(6)(a), for “community order” there is substituted

“youth community order”.

  73       In Schedule 7 (breach, revocation and amendment of supervision orders)—

              (a)             in paragraph 3—

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                    (i)                   in sub-paragraph (2), for “sub-paragraphs (4) and (5)” there is

substituted “sub-paragraph (5)”,

                    (ii)                  in sub-paragraph (3), for “Sections 35 and 36 of this Act” there

is substituted “Sections 131 and 140 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003”, and

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                    (iii)                 sub-paragraph (4) is omitted, and

              (b)             in paragraph 4(3), for “Sections 35 and 36 of this Act” there is

substituted “Sections 131 and 140 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

  74       In Schedule 8 (breach, revocation and amendment of action plan orders and

reparation orders)—

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              (a)             in paragraph 3—

                    (i)                   in sub-paragraph (2), for “sub-paragraphs (4) and (5)” there is

substituted “sub-paragraph (5)”,

 

 

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Schedule 21 — Amendments relating to sentencing
Part 2 — Offences: abolition of imprisonment and conversion to summary offence

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                    (ii)                  in sub-paragraph (3), for “Sections 35 and 36 of this Act” there

is substituted “Sections 131 and 140 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003”, and

                    (iii)                 sub-paragraph (4) is omitted, and

              (b)             in paragraph 4(3), for “Sections 35 and 36 of this Act” there is

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substituted “Sections 131 and 140 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”

Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43)

  75       In section 70 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (general

interpretation), in subsection (3), for the words “any community order”

there is substituted “a curfew order, an exclusion order, a community

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rehabilitation order, a community punishment order, a community

punishment and rehabilitation order, a drug treatment and testing order, a

drug abstinence order, an attendance centre order, a supervision order or an

action plan order”.

International Criminal Court Act 2001 (c. 17)

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  76      (1)      Schedule 7 to the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (domestic

provisions not applicable to ICC prisoners), is amended as follows.

          (2)      In paragraph 2(1), for paragraph (d) there is substituted—

                      (a)                     section 220 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (crediting of

periods of remand in custody).”

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          (3)      In paragraph 3(1), for “Part 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991” there is

substituted “sections 224 to 238 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)

  77       In section 38 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (provisions about

imprisonment or detention), in subsection (4)(a), for “section 118(1) of the

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Sentencing Act” there is substituted “section 170(1) of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003”.

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Offences: abolition of imprisonment and conversion to summary offence

Vagrancy Act 1824 (c. 83)

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  78       In section 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824, after “Criminal Justice Act 1982”, there

is inserted “and paragraph 1 of Schedule 18 and paragraph 80 of Schedule 21

to the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

  79       In section 5 of the Vagrancy Act 1824, after “Criminal Justice Act 1982”, there

is inserted “and paragraph 81 of Schedule 21 to the Criminal Justice Act

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2003”.

  80       Where a person is convicted of any of the offences mentioned in paragraph

1 of Schedule 18, the court shall have the same power to fine him as if that

paragraph had not been enacted.

  81       If a person deemed a rogue and vagabond by virtue of section 4 of the

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Vagrancy Act 1824 is thereafter guilty of an offence mentioned in paragraph

 

 

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  81       1 of Schedule 18, he shall be convicted of that offence under section 4 of that

Act and accordingly—

              (a)             shall not be deemed an incorrigible rogue, and

              (b)             shall not be committed to the Crown Court,

           by reason only of that conviction.

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London Hackney Carriages Act 1843 (c. 86)

  82       In section 28 of the London Hackney Carriages Act 1843, after “for every

such offence”, there is inserted “of which he is convicted before the justice”.

Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (c. 89)

  83       In section 26 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, for the words from

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“committed by them” to the end, there is substituted “liable to a fine not

exceeding level 3 on the standard scale”.

  84       In section 28 of that Act, after “for each offence”, there is inserted “of which

he is convicted before the justice”.

  85       In section 29 of that Act, after “for every such offence”, there is inserted “of

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which he is convicted before the justice”.

  86       In section 36 of that Act, after “liable”, there is inserted “on conviction before

the justices”.

Seamen’s and Soldiers’ False Characters Act 1906 (c. 5)

  87       In section 1 of the Seamen’s and Soldiers’ False Characters Act 1906, for

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“imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months” there is substituted

“a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale”.

Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919 (c. 92)

  88       In section 3(2) of the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919, for

“imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months” there is substituted

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“a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale”.

Polish Resettlement Act 1947 (c.19)

  89       In the Schedule to the Polish Resettlement Act 1947, in paragraph 7, for

“imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months” there is substituted

“a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale”.

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Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (c. 3)

  90       In section 4 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974, after subsection (5) there is

inserted—

              “(5A)                A person guilty of an offence under subsection (5) above shall be

liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.”

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Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)

  91       In Schedule 6 to the Water Industry Act 1991, in paragraph 5(4), for

paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted “, on summary conviction, to a

fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale”.

Water Resources Act 1991 (c.57)

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  92       In section 205(6) of the Water Resources Act 1991, for paragraphs (a) and (b)

there is substituted “on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5

on the standard scale”.

Transport Act 2000 (c. 38)

  93       In section 82(4) of the Transport Act 2000, after “subsection (1)” there is

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inserted “or (2)”.

Schedule 22

Section 258

 

Jury service

  1        The Juries Act 1974 (c. 23) is amended as follows.

  2        For section 1 (qualification for jury service) there is substituted—

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       “1            Qualification for jury service

              (1)             Subject to the provisions of this Act, every person shall be qualified

to serve as a juror in the Crown Court, the High Court and county

courts and be liable accordingly to attend for jury service when

summoned under this Act if—

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                    (a)                   he is for the time being registered as a parliamentary or local

government elector and is not less than eighteen nor more

than seventy years of age;

                    (b)                   he has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, the

Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for any period of at least

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five years since attaining the age of thirteen;

                    (c)                   he is not a mentally disordered person; and

                    (d)                   he is not disqualified for jury service.

              (2)             In subsection (1) above “mentally disordered person” means any

person listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act.

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              (3)             The persons who are disqualified for jury service are those listed in

Part 2 of that Schedule.”

  3        Section 9(1) (certain persons entitled to be excused from jury service) shall

cease to have effect.

  4        In section 9(2) (discretionary excusal) after “may” there is inserted “, subject

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to section 9A(1A) of this Act,”.

  5        After section 9(2) (discretionary excusal) there is inserted—

 

 

 
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