Amendments proposed to the Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] - continued	House of Commons
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Mr David Trimble
Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

49

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     19,     at end insert—

'(d)	the inquiry would, or would be likely to, prejudice the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders'.

   

Mr Seamus Mallon

103

Clause     22,     page     15,     leave out lines 20 to 30.

   

Mr David Trimble
Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

50

Page     15,     line     4,     leave out Clause 22.

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Jane Kennedy

78

Clause     11,     page     8,     line     23,     leave out '(2) and' and insert '(1A) to'.

   

Jane Kennedy

79

Clause     11,     page     8,     line     23,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   In sub-paragraph (3) for "that day" substitute "the day on which the chairman calls the meeting".'.

   

Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

64

Clause     11,     Page     8,     line     26,     leave out from 'Board' to end of line 32.

   

Mr David Trimble

34

Clause     11,     page     8,     line     29,     leave out subsection (3).

   

Jane Kennedy

80

Clause     11,     page     8,     line     34,     leave out 'held' and insert 'called'.

   

Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

63

Page     8,     line     20,     leave out Clause 11.

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Mr David Trimble

35

Clause     12,     page     9,     line     1,     leave out 'he has' and insert 'the Board and the Secretary of State have'.

   

Mr David Trimble

36

Clause     12,     page     9,     line     1,     leave out from 'he' to end of line 2 and insert 'is of the view that the policy or practice should be considered given that a member of the Police Service acting in accordance with that policy or practice has committed a criminal offence, or is responsible for conduct that gave rise to disciplinary proceedings'.

   

Mr Seamus Mallon

95

Clause     12,     page     9,     leave out lines 3 to 7.

   

Mr David Trimble

37

Clause     12,     page     9,     line     22,     at end insert—

    '(6)   No investigation under this section shall extend to events or incidents that occurred before the coming into force of this section.".'.

   

Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

65

Clause     12,     page     10,     line     2,     at end insert—

'(c)	information the disclosure of which would, or would be likely to, prejudice the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders.'.

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Mr David Trimble

38

Clause     13,     page     10,     line     9,     after 'practicable', insert 'and so far as is consistent with subsection (1B) below'.

   

Mr David Trimble

39

Clause     13,     page     10,     line     10,     at end insert 'in terms of ethnicity, gender, religion and age'.

   

Mr David Trimble

40

Clause     13,     page     10,     line     10,     at end insert—

    '(1B)   In appointing independent members of the DPP the Board shall in so far as practicable appoint persons who are representative of business or trade unions or have expertise in community safety matters.'.

   

Mr David Trimble
Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

41

Page     10,     line     4,     leave out Clause 13.

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Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

66

Clause     14,     page     10,     line     16,     leave out from 'DPP' to end of line 17 and insert 'for a period of five years'.

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Mr David Trimble

90

Clause     19,     page     12,     line     32,     at end insert—

    '(3A)   The Chief Constable shall not make an appointment under this section unless he is satisfied that the person to be appointed meets the general standards for appointment to the Police Service of Northern Ireland and will receive appropriate training to the same standard.'.

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NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART 1

Protected disclosures by police officers

   

Jane Kennedy

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   After Article 67K of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I.16) insert—

    "67KA Application of Part VA and related provisions to police

    (1)   Paragraph (2) applies for the purposes of—

(a)	this Part,

(b)	Article 70B and Articles 71 and 72 so far as relating to that Article, and

(c)	Article 134A and the other provisions of Part XI so far as they relate to the right not to be unfairly dismissed in a case where the dismissal is unfair by virtue of Article 134A.

    (2)   A person who holds, otherwise than under a contract of employment, the office of constable as a police officer shall be treated as an employee employed by the Chief Constable under a contract of employment, and any reference to a worker being "employed" and to his "employer" shall be construed accordingly."

    (2)   In Article 243(1) of that Order (provisions which do not apply to persons engaged in police service under a contract of employment)—

(a)	omit the words "Part VA,";

(b)	after "Articles 132" insert ", 134A";

(c)	after "Article 132" insert "or 134A".

    (3)   Article 16 of the Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1763 (N.I. 17)) (exclusion of police service from provisions about protected disclosures) shall cease to have effect.

    (4)   Subsections (1) to (3) come into force in accordance with provision made by the Secretary of State by order.'.

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Discrimination in appointments

   

Mr Alistair Carmichael
Lembit Öpik

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   Section 46 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c. 32) is amended as follows.

    (2)   For subsection (1) substitute—

    "(1)   In making appointments under section 39 on any occasion, the Chief Constable shall appoint from the pool of qualified candidates formed for that purpose by virtue of section 44(5) persons of whom—

(a)	43 per cent. shall be persons who are treated as Roman Catholic;

(b)	43 per cent. shall be persons who are treated as Protestants; and

(c)	14 per cent. shall be persons who are not so treated.".'.

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Removal of discrimination from recruitment

   

Mr David Trimble

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   In Part 6 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c. 32) for section 46 substitute—

    "Under-representation

    (1)   In making appointments under section 39 the Chief Constable may take such steps as he determines appropriate to encourage applications by persons currently under-represented in the Police Service.

    (2)   In making appointments to the police support staff under section 4(3) the Chief Constable (acting by virtue of subsection (5) of that section) may take such steps as he determines appropriate to encourage applications by persons currently under-represented in the police support staff.

    (3)   For the purposes of this section "persons currently under-represented" means persons forming part of a social group by virtue of their sex, religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation who at the time of consideration by the Chief Constable are under-represented".

    (2)   In Part 6 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000, leave out section 47.'.

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Appointments to the Police Service of Northern Ireland

   

Mr David Trimble
Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

       'In the event that—

(a)	the Chief Constable is unable to appoint his required number of police trainees or police support staff, or

(b)	the number of serving officers is below that intended at the time of consideration,

       the Secretary of State shall, at the request of a majority of the Police Board and acting on the recommendation of the Chief Constable, make an order to suspend the provisions of section 46 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 for a period of six months.'.

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Time limit on investigations by the Ombudsman

   

Mr David Trimble

NC5

*To move the following Clause:—

       'After section 63 of the 1998 Act there shall be inserted—

    "63A—(1)   The Ombudsman shall not investigate any complaint made to him under section 52(1) or any matter referred to him under section 52(1), 55(1), (2), or (4) if the actions, behaviour or conduct to which the matter relates took place more than 12 months before the date on which the reference is made.

    (2)   The Ombudsman shall not at any time commence a formal investigation under section 55(6) of any matters if the actions or behaviour to which the matter relates took place more than 12 months before that time.".'.

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Mr Alistair Carmichael
Lembit Öpik

22

Clause     23,     page     16,     line     15,     leave out 'adequate' and insert 'full'.

   

Mr David Trimble

104

*Clause     23,     page     16,     line     17,     at end insert—

    '(2A)   No member of the police support staff may be designated by the Chief Constable under subsection (1) above if he has at any time in Northern Ireland or elsewhere been convicted of a criminal offence for which he could have received a period of imprisonment.'.

Prepared 25 Feb 2003