Vote Bundle Text (930130-06)

Amendments proposed to the Criminal Justice Bill - continued	House of Commons

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Mr Graham Allen

110

Clause 218, page 120, line 17, after 'conditions', insert 'including the attainment of educational and employment qualifications'.

Hilary Benn

553

Clause 221, page 122, line 46, leave out 'or a custodial period'.

Hilary Benn

554

Clause 225, page 124, line 33, leave out 'and' and insert 'to'.

Hilary Benn

555

Clause 225, page 124, line 33, leave out from 'may' to end of line 36 and insert—

'(a)	release on licence under this section a fixed term prisoner aged 18 or over, other than a prisoner serving a sentence of intermittent custody, at any time within the period of 90 days before the day on which the prisoner will have served the requisite custodial period, and

(b)	release on licence under this section a prisoner serving a sentence of intermittent custody when less than 90 of the required custodial days remain to be served.'.

Hilary Benn

556

Clause 225, page 124, line 37, leave out '(1)' and insert '(1)(a)'.

Hilary Benn

557

Clause 225, page 124, line 41, at end insert—

'(2A) Subsection (1)(b) does not apply in relation to a prisoner unless—

(a)	the number of required custodial days is at least 56, and

(b)	the prisoner has served—

(i)	at least 42 of those days, and

(ii)	at least three-quarters of the total number of those days.'.

Hilary Benn

558

Clause 225, page 125, line 16, leave out from beginning to 'or' in line 17.

Hilary Benn

559

Clause 225, page 125, line 21, at end insert 'or, where the sentence is one of intermittent custody, the number of the required custodial days remaining to be served is less than 14'.

Hilary Benn

560

Clause 225, page 125, line 25, leave out '(1)' and insert '(1)(a) or (b), (2A) or (3)(i)'.

Hilary Benn

561

Clause 225, page 125, line 28, at end insert 'or (2A)(b)(ii)'.

Hilary Benn

562

Clause 225, page 125, leave out lines 29 to 31.

Hilary Benn

563

Clause 225, page 125, leave out lines 32 and 33 and insert—

'(5) In this section—

"the required custodial days", in relation to a person serving a sentence of intermittent custody, means—

(a)	the number of custodial days specified under section 165, or

(b)	in the case of two or more sentences of intermittent custody, the aggregate of the numbers so specified;

"the requisite custodial period", in relation to a person serving any sentence other than a sentence of intermittent custody, has the meaning given by paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of section 224(3);"sentence of intermittent custody" means a sentence to which an intermittent custody order relates.'.

Hilary Benn

564

Clause 226, page 125, line 38, leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—

'(2) As soon as—

(a)	a prisoner to whom this section applies has served one-half of the appropriate custodial term, and

(b)	the Parole Board has directed his release under this section,

it is the duty of the Secretary of State to release him on licence.

(2A) The Parole Board may not give a direction under subsection (2) unless the Board is satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public that the prisoner should be confined.

(3) As soon as a prisoner to whom this section applies has served the appropriate custodial term, it is the duty of the Secretary of State to release him on licence unless the prisoner has previously been recalled under section 232.'.

Hilary Benn

565

Clause 229, page 127, line 3, at end insert—

'(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a)(i), any reference in the relevant court order to the licence period specified in the order is, in relation to a prohibited activity requirement, exclusion requirement, residence requirement or supervision requirement, to be taken to include a reference to any other period during which the prisoner is released on licence under section 225 or 227.'.

Hilary Benn

566

Clause 229, page 127, line 5, leave out '(including such a sentence imposed under section 207) or more' and insert 'or more (including such a sentence imposed under section 207)'.

Hilary Benn

567

Clause 231, page 128, line 9, at end insert—

'(3A) Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to a released person to whom an intermittent custody order relates; and in relation to such a person the curfew condition is to remain in force until the number of days during which it has been in force is equal to the number of the required custodial days, as defined in section 225(5), that remained to be served at the time when he was released under section 225.'.

Hilary Benn

568

Clause 236, page 130, line 14, leave out 'Part' and insert 'Chapter'.

Hilary Benn

569

Clause 239, page 132, line 22, leave out '16' and insert '17'.

Hilary Benn

570

Clause 239, page 132, line 27, leave out '16' and insert '17'.

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

656

Page 132, line 8, leave out Clause 239.

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

657

Page 133, line 26, leave out Clause 243.

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois
Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

674

Clause 245, page 134, line 12, leave out paragraph (b).

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois
Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

675

Clause 247, page 136, line 23, leave out paragraph (a).

Mr Graham Allen
Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Ian Lucas
Vera Baird
Mr David Heath

687

Clause 252, page 138, line 8, at end insert '"the appropriate committee of the House of Commons" means any select committee of the House of Commons which the House of Commons may from time to time designate by resolution to be the appropriate committee for the purposes of this Act;'.

Hilary Benn

699

Clause 252, page 138, line 19, leave out 'does not include a court-martial' and insert '(without more) does not include a service court'.

Hilary Benn

698

Clause 252, page 139, line 16, at end insert—

' "service court" means—

(a)	a court-martial constituted under the Army Act 1955 (3&4Eliz.2 c.18), the Air Force Act 1955 (3&4Eliz.2 c.19) or the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c.53);

(b)	a summary appeal court constituted under section 83ZA of the Army Act 1955 (3&4Eliz.2 c.18), section 83ZA of the Air Force Act 1955 (3&4Eliz.2 c.19) or section 52FF of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c.53);

(c)	the Courts-Martial Appeal Court;

(d)	a Standing Civilian Court;

"service disciplinary proceedings" means—

(a)	any proceedings under the Army Act 1955 (3&4Eliz.2 c.18), the Air Force Act 1955 (3&4Eliz.2 c.19) or the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c.53) (whether before a court-martial or any other court or person authorised under any of those Acts to award a punishment in respect of any offence), and

(b)	any proceedings before a Standing Civilian Court;'.

Hilary Benn

636

Clause 252, page 139, line 38, leave out '206' and insert '207'.

Hilary Benn

637

Clause 252, page 139, line 40, leave out from 'section' to end of line 44 and insert—

'(c)	a sentence falls to be imposed under section 206 if, because the court is of the opinion mentioned in subsection (1)(b) of that section and considers that the case falls within subsection (2) or (3) of that section, the court is obliged to pass a sentence complying with that section, and

(d)	a sentence falls to be imposed under section 208 if, because the court is of the opinion mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(i) and (ii) of that section, the court is obliged to pass a sentence complying with that section.'.

Hilary Benn

700

Clause 264, page 147, line 14, leave out from 'include' to end of line 15 and insert 'a service court, as defined by section 252(1)'.

Mr Graham Allen

111

Clause 265, page 147, line 31, at end add 'and—

(c)	may be exercised for the purpose of improving incentives for the collection of fines.'.