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Amendments proposed to the Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] - continued	House of Commons

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Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

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.'.

Mr David Trimble

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

Mr David Trimble

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

Mr David Trimble

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 Wilshire

108

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 charities, voluntary organisations and the professions.'.

Mr David Trimble
Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

Page 10, line 4, leave out Clause 13.

Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

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

Mr David Wilshire

109

Clause 15, page 10, leave out lines 19 to 21 and insert 'After paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (district policing partnerships), insert—'.

Mr David Wilshire

110

Clause 16, page 11, line 9, at end insert—

'(c)	of enforcing the laws of the United Kingdom.'.

Mr David Wilshire

111

Clause 16, page 11, line 9, at end insert—

'(c)	of upholding the rule of law.'.

Mr David Wilshire

112

Clause 16, page 11, line 9, at end insert—

'(c)	of maintaining the Queen's peace.'.

Mr David Trimble

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.'.

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) 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.'.

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—

(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.".'.

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.'.

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.'.

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 Time limits on historic investigations

(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.".'.

Membership of district policing partnerships

Mr David Wilshire

NC6

To move the following Clause:—

'.—In paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c. 32) (Political members) after subparagraph (1) insert—

"(1A)

Notwithstanding subparagraph (1) above no person may be appointed as a political member who has not renounced violence and ended all links with any organisation that has not yet disposed of all its weapons and explosives.".'.

Disqualification from membership of district policing partnerships

Mr David Wilshire

NC7

To move the following Clause:—

'.—In paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c. 32) (Political members) after subparagraph (5)(c) insert—

"(d)	he is convicted of a terrorist related offence;

(e)	he is found to have links to a terrorist organisation.".'.

Mr Alistair Carmichael
Lembit Öpik

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

Mr David Trimble

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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.'.

Mr David Trimble

Page 2, line 18, leave out Clause 4.

Mr David Trimble

105

Clause 24, page 17, line 17, at end insert—

'(2A) The Board shall not enter into a contact with a person ("the contractor") pursuant to subsection (1) above if that person 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.'.