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

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

205

Page     27,     line     2     [Clause     39],     leave out '39(1)' and insert '39'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

206

Page     27,     line     11     [Clause     39],     leave out '39(1)' and insert '39'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

207

Page     27,     line     16     [Clause     39],     leave out '39(1)' and insert '39'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

7

Page     27,     line     18     [Clause     39],     leave out 'sections 36, 37 or 38' and insert 'section (Applications by prosecution for complex and lengthy trial to be conducted before a jury of experts)'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

8

Page     27,     line     28     [Clause     39],     leave out '(or partly because)'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

9

Page     27,     line     28     [Clause     39],     leave out 'appears to have' and insert 'has'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

208

Page     27,     line     31     [Clause     40],     leave out 'give notice to' and insert 'inform'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

209

Page     27,     line     32     [Clause     40],     leave out 'include in that notice' and insert 'inform the parties of'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

10

Page     27,     line     35     [Clause     40],     leave out from 'must' to end of line 36 and insert 'terminate the trial'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

11

Page     27,     line     37     [Clause     40],     leave out subsection (4).

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

12

Page     27,     line     39     [Clause     40],     leave out from '(4)' and insert '(3)'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

13

Page     27,     line     41     [Clause     40],     leave out from 'that' to end of line 44 and insert—

    'if the retrial were to take place with a jury there is a real and present danger that jury tampering would again occur and that either,

(a) (i) the danger of jury tampering is such that it would be necessary to provide police protection for the members of the jury hearing the trial and

(ii) the level and duration of that protection would be likely to place an excessive burden upon the life of a typical juror, or

    (b)   notwithstanding any steps (including the provision of police protection) which might reasonably be taken to prevent jury tampering the likelihood that it would take place was so high to make it necessary in the interests of justice for the trial to be conducted without a jury.'.


   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

14

Page     28,     line     3     [Clause     40],     leave out subsection (7) and insert—

    '(7)   Any new trial by judge alone must take place in front of a different judge.'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

15

Page     28,     line     31     [Clause     42],     leave out subsection (1).

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

16

Page     28,     line     33     [Clause     42],     leave out 'trial' and insert 're-trial'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

17

Page     28,     line     34     [Clause     42],     leave out 'be continued' and insert 'take place'.


   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

210

Page     30,     line     27     [Clause     43],     at end insert—

    '(9A)    In section 42(4) after "enactment" insert "(including any provision of Northern Ireland legislation)".'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

211

Page     30,     line     32     [Clause     43],     at end insert—

    '(11)   After section 42 insert—

    "42A Reporting restrictions    (1)   Sections 41 and 42 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c.25) are to apply in relation to—

(a) a hearing of the kind mentioned in section 39(2)(b), and

(b) any appeal or application for leave to appeal relating to such a hearing,

    as they apply in relation to a ruling under section 40 of that Act, but subject to the following modifications.

    (2)   Section 41(2) of that Act is to have effect as if for paragraphs (a) to (d) there were substituted—

"(a) a hearing of the kind mentioned in section 39(2)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

(b) any appeal or application for leave to appeal relating to such a hearing."

    (3)   Section 41(3) of that Act is to have effect as if—

(a) for "(2)" there were substituted "(2)(a) or an application to that judge for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal", and

(b) after "matter" in the second place where it occurs there were inserted "or application".

    (4)   Section 41 of that Act is to have effect as if after subsection (3) there were inserted—

    "(3A)   The Court of Appeal may order that subsection (1) shall not apply, or shall not apply to a specified extent, to a report of—

(a) an appeal to that Court, or

(b) an application to that Court for leave to appeal.

    (3B)   The House of Lords may order that subsection (1) shall not apply, or shall not apply to a specified extent, to a report of—

(a) an appeal to that House, or

(b) an application to that House for leave to appeal."

    (5)   Section 41(4) of that Act is to have effect as if for "(3) the judge" there were substituted "(3), (3A) or (3B), the judge, the Court of Appeal or the House of Lords".

    (6)   Section 41(5) of that Act is to have effect as if for "(3) the judge" there were substituted "(3), (3A) or (3B), the judge, the Court of Appeal or the House of Lords"."

    (12)   For section (Rules of court)(2) substitute—

    "(2)   Without limiting subsection (1), rules of court may in particular make provision—

(a) for time limits within which applications under this Part must be made or within which other things in connection with this Part must be done;

(b) in relation to hearings of the kind mentioned in section 39(2)(b) and appeals under section 41."

    (13)   In section (Rules of court)(3)—

(a) after "section" insert "or section 39(2)(b)", and

(b) after "enactment" insert "(including any provision of Northern Ireland legislation)".'.


   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

18

Page     41,     line     7     [Clause     63],     leave out 'a qualifying offence' and insert 'murder or rape, contrary to section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Annette Brooke
Mr Andrew Stunell

479

*Page     41,     line     7     [Clause     63],     leave out 'a qualifying offence' and insert 'murder, genocide consisting in the killing of any person, or corporate manslaughter'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

462

Page     41,     line     8     [Clause     63],     leave out 'in England and Wales'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

463

Page     41,     line     9     [Clause     63],     at end insert 'in England and Wales'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

464

Page     41,     line     10     [Clause     63],     leave out 'on indictment' and insert 'in proceedings on indictment in England and Wales'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

465

Page     41,     line     27     [Clause     63],     leave out 'England and Wales or Scotland' and insert 'the United Kingdom'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

357

Page     41,     line     30     [Clause     63],     after 'Kingdom' insert 'or elsewhere'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

466

Page     41,     line     31     [Clause     63],     leave out 'England and Wales or Scotland' and insert 'the United Kingdom'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

467

Page     41,     line     38     [Clause     63],     after 'in' insert 'Part 1 of'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Annette Brooke
Mr Andrew Stunell

480

*Page     41,     line     38     [Clause     63],     leave out 'an offence listed in Schedule 4' and insert 'murder, genocide consisting in the killing of any person, or corporate manslaughter'.


   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

Simon HughesMr David HeathAnnette Brooke
Mr Andrew Stunell

19

Page     188,     line     1,     leave out Schedule 4.

   

Vera Baird
Tony Wright
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Mr Neil Gerrard
Mr Mark Fisher
Denzil Davies

Mr Peter KilfoyleGlenda JacksonMr Kelvin Hopkins
John McDonnellMr Robert WareingAlan Simpson
Lynne JonesAlice MahonDr Rudi Vis
Mr Harry Barnes

129

Page     188,     line     8     [Schedule     4],     leave out paragraph 2.

 
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