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Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 25th February 2003

STANDING COMMITTEE B


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [17th December].

   

Mr Graham Allen

746

Clause     262,     page     145,     line     28,     leave out 'and'.

   

Mr Graham Allen

747

Clause     262,     page     145,     line     31,     at end insert—

'(i) every Local Education Authority any part of whose area falls within the relevant area, and

(j) the leisure department of every local authority whose area falls within the relevant area.'

   

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Mark Francois

999

Clause     262,     page     145,     line     32,     leave out 'or removing'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

979

Clause     262,     page     145,     leave out lines 32 and 33.


   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

980

Clause     263,     page     146,     leave out lines 9 and 10.


   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

936

Clause     264,     page     146,     line     29,     leave out 'an offence specified in Schedule 11' and insert 'a serious violent offence'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Mark Francois

1001

Clause     264,     page     146,     line     33,     leave out '12 months' and insert '3 years'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

981

Clause     264,     page     146,     leave out lines 34 and 35.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Mark Francois

1000

Clause     264,     page     146,     line     35,     leave out '12 months' and insert '3 years'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

982

Clause     264,     page     146,     leave out lines 42 and 43.

   

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 Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

984

Schedule     3,     page     160,     leave out lines 25 to 30.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

983

Schedule     3,     page     160,     line     19,     leave out 'Great Britain' and insert 'the United Kingdom'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

977

Schedule 3, page 161, leave out lines 3 to 9.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

978

Schedule 3, page 164, leave out lines 3 to 8.


   

Hilary Benn

940

Clause     49,     page     31,     line     37,     leave out from 'termination' to end of line 41 and insert 'or stay of proceedings for the offence, or one or more of the offences, included in the indictment'.

   

Hilary Benn

941

Clause     49,     page     31,     line     43,     leave out 'against a defendant'.

   

Hilary Benn

942

Clause     49,     page     31,     line     44,     leave out 'a fresh trial of the defendant' and insert 'fresh proceedings'.


   

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humpfrey Malines

Mr Mark Francois

985

Clause     50,     page     32,     line     6,     leave out from 'evidence' to end of line 7.

   

Hilary Benn

943

Clause     50,     page     32,     line     10,     leave out '51(3)' and insert '51'.

   

Hilary Benn

944

Clause     50,     page     32,     line     18,     leave out '52(2) and (4)' and insert '52'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Mark Francois

986

Clause     50,     page     32,     line     25,     after 'jury', insert 'or a juror'.


   

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Mark Francois

987

Clause     51,     page     33,     line     4,     after 'adjournment', insert 'which shall be for a maximum of one day'.

   

Hilary Benn

945

Clause     51,     page     33,     line     4,     at end insert—

    '(4A)   Where the ruling relates to two or more offences—

(a) any one or more of those offences may be the subject of the appeal, and

(b) if the prosecution informs the court in accordance with subsection (3) that it intends to appeal, it must at the same time inform the court of the offence or offences which are the subject of the appeal.'.

   

Hilary Benn

946

Clause     51,     page     33,     line     6,     after 'effect' insert 'in relation to the offence or offences which are the subject of the appeal'.

   

Hilary Benn

947

Clause     51,     page     33,     line     8,     leave out 'Where' and insert 'If and to the extent that'.


   

Hilary Benn

948

Clause     52,     page     33,     line     23,     leave out subsection (4) and insert—

    '(4)   Where a ruling relates to two or more offences—

(a) any one or more of those offences may be the subject of the appeal, and

(b) if the prosecution informs the court in accordance with subsection (2) that it intends to appeal, it must at the same time inform the court of the offence or offences which are the subject of the appeal.

    (5)   The prosecution may not inform the court in accordance with subsection (2) that it intends to appeal unless, at or before that time, it informs the court that it agrees that, in respect of the offence or each offence which is the subject of the appeal, the defendant in relation to the offence should be acquitted of the offence if either of the conditions mentioned in subsection (6) is fulfilled.

    (6)   Those conditions are—

(a) that leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal is not obtained, and

(b) that the appeal is abandoned before it is determined by the Court of Appeal.'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Mark Francois

988

Clause     52,     page     33,     line     26,     leave out paragraph (a).


   

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Mark Francois

989

Clause     53,     page     33,     line     37,     leave out 'may' and insert 'must'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

990

Clause     53,     page     33,     line     39,     leave out 'may' and insert 'must'.


   

Hilary Benn

949

Clause     54,     page     34,     line     7,     leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—

    '(2)   Proceedings may be continued in respect of any offence which is not the subject of the appeal.'.


   

Hilary Benn

950

Clause     55,     page     34,     line     19,     leave out 'the termination of the hearing of'.

   

Hilary Benn

951

Clause     55,     page     34,     line     21,     leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—

    '(2)   Where the Court of Appeal confirms a ruling, it must, in respect of the offence or each offence which is the subject of the appeal, order that the defendant in relation to the offence be acquitted of the offence.

    (3)   Where the Court of Appeal reverses or varies a ruling, it must, in respect of the offence or each offence which is the subject of the appeal, do any of the following—

(a) order that proceedings for the offence may be resumed in the Crown Court,

(b) order that fresh proceedings may be instituted in the Crown Court for the offence,

(c) order that the defendant in relation to the offence be acquitted of the offence.'.

   

Hilary Benn

952

Clause     55,     page     34,     line     31,     at end insert 'in respect of an offence'.


   

Hilary Benn

953

Clause     59,     page     35,     line     33,     at end insert 'or'.


   

Hilary Benn

954

Clause     60,     page     37,     line     44,     after 'of', insert—

'(i) before the relevant date,'.

   

Hilary Benn

955

Clause     60,     page     37,     line     45,     at end insert 'or

(ii) on or after the relevant date, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.

    (11)   In subsection (10) "the relevant date" means the date on which section 22(1) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26) comes into force.'.


   

Hilary Benn

956

Clause     61,     page     38,     line     7,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   Where a ruling relates to two or more offences but not all of those offences are the subject of an appeal under this Part, nothing in this Part is to be regarded as affecting the ruling so far as it relates to any offence which is not the subject of the appeal.

    (1B)   In relation to an appeal under this Part in respect of a ruling which relates only to one offence, any reference in this Part to the offence which is the subject of the appeal is a reference to that offence.

    (1C)   Where two or more defendants are charged jointly with the same offence, the provisions of this Part are to apply as if the offence, so far as relating to each defendant, were a separate offence (so that, for example, any reference in this Part to a ruling which relates to one or more offences includes a ruling which relates to one or more of those separate offences).'.

 
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