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

191

Page     133,     line     31     [Clause     237],     after 'days', insert 'in prison'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

248

Page     134,     line     4,     leave out Clause 238.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

249

Page     136,     line     42     [Clause     243],     at end insert—

    '(3A)   In subsection (5), after paragraph (e) there is inserted "and

(f)	a sentence of detention under section 208 or 210 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003,".'.

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Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Annette Brooke

492

Page     243,     line     7     [Schedule     18],     at end insert 'and—

(c)	that his dependency upon, or propensity to misuse, drugs is related to his offending behaviour, such that it is relevant and proportionate for the court to require treatment, and

(d)	that the option of voluntary treatment provided concurrent to the order would be unsatisfactory.'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Annette Brooke

496

Page     243     [Schedule     18],     leave out lines 34 and 35 and insert—

'( )	unless he has indicted his willingness to comply with treatment, and the appropriate consent to treatment has been given.'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Annette Brooke

494

Page     243     [Schedule     18],     leave out from beginning of line 36 to end of line 9 on page 244.'

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

276

Page     244,     line     9     [Schedule     18],     leave out 'are' and insert 'to be'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Annette Brooke

493

Page     244,     line     20     [Schedule     18],     at end insert 'and—

(c)	that his dependency upon, or propensity to misuse, drugs is related to his offending behaviour, such that it is relevant and proportionate for the court to require treatment, and

(d)	that the option of voluntary treatment provided concurrent to the order would be unsatisfactory'.

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Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Annette Brooke

497

Page     245     [Schedule     18],     leave out lines 1 and 2 and insert—

'( )	unless he has indicted his willingness to comply with treatment, and the appropriate consent to treatment has been given.'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Annette Brooke

495

Page     245     [Schedule     18],     leave out lines 3 to 24.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

277

Page     245,     line     3     [Schedule     18],     leave out 'sub-paragraph (5)' and insert 'sub-paragraph (6)'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

278

Page     245,     line     9     [Schedule     18],     after 'by' insert 'the supervisor or'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

279

Page     245,     [Schedule     18],     leave out lines 23 and 24 and insert 'the supervisor to be communicated to the supervisor.".'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

280

Page     245,     line     26     [Schedule     18],     leave out 'after "5"' and insert 'before "or 7".'.

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Mr Graham Allen

192

Page     138,     line     14     [Clause     248],     leave out 'are' and insert 'shall be referred to the Sentencing Guidelines Council for an opinion as to whether they should be'.

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

120

Page     253,     line     25     [Schedule     19],     leave out paragraph 94.

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Mr Graham Allen

193

Page     138,     line     27     [Clause     249],     leave out from 'may' to '(a)' in line 28 and insert 'request a review by the Sentencing Council and thereafter may'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

281

Page     265,     line     34     [Schedule     21],     at end insert—

"Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)

6A

(1)

Section 113 of the Scotland Act 1998 (subordinate legislation: scope of powers) is amended as follows.

(2)	In paragraph (a) of subsection (10), for "three months" there is substituted "the prescribed term".

(3)	After that subsection there is inserted—

    "(10A)   In subsection (10)(a), "the prescribed term" means—

(a)	in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is a summary offence, 51 weeks,

(b)	in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is triable either way—

(i)	for offences committed before the commencement of an order under section 140(a) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (power to increase general limit on magistrates' power to impose imprisonment), 12 months, and

(ii)	for offences committed after that commencement, 18 months or, if less, the maximum term of imprisonment to which the offender would be liable on conviction on indictment of the offence,

(c)	in relation to Scotland and Northern Ireland, three months.".".

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Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Annette Brooke

491

Page     141,     line     1,     leave out Clause 252.'

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

68

Page     266,     line     23     [Schedule     22],     after 'substituted', insert 'in the case of cannabis or cannabis resin only'.

   

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

69

Page     266,     line     44     [Schedule     22],     after 'substituted', insert 'in the case of cannabis or cannabis resin'.

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

70

Page     267,     line     5     [Schedule     22],     after 'substituted', insert 'in the case of cannabis or cannabis resin only'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

282

Page     269,     line     3     [Schedule     23],     after 'for' insert 'any reference to an amount of money or a'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

283

Page     269,     line     3     [Schedule     23],     leave out 'such other' and insert 'a reference to such other amount or'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

284

Page     269,     line     12,     [Schedule     23],     leave out paragraph 8 and insert—

'8

In paragraph 10, after paragraph (b) there is inserted—

"(bb)

any power to impose a fine on the offender.".'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

250

Page     143,     line     10     [Clause     256],     at end insert 'by a magistrates' court'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

251

Page     143,     line     12,     [Clause     256],     after 'paragraph 7(2)' insert 'or (4), 13(6) or 25(1)'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

252

Page     143,     line     13     [Clause     256],     leave out from '8' to end of line 14 and insert—

       'paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 9, or paragraph 5(1) or (3), 11(1) or 19(1) of Schedule 10,'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

224

Page     143,     line     21     [Clause     257],     leave out lines 21 and 22 and insert—

'(b)	in the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c.43)—

(i)	section 29 (power of Secretary of State to release life prisoners to whom section 28 of that Act does not apply), and

(ii)	section 33 (transferred prisoners), and

(iii)

sections 35 and 40 (fine defaulters),'.

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

285

Page     274,     line     6,     [Schedule     24],     at end insert—

'29A	In section 131 (remand of accused already in custody), after subsection (2) there is inserted—

    "(2A)   Where the accused person is serving a sentence of imprisonment to which an intermittent custody order under section 167 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 relates, the reference in subsection (2) to the expected date of his release is to be read as a reference to the expected date of his next release on licence.".'

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

436

Page     275,     line     33     [Schedule     24],     leave out from beginning to 'and' in line 36 and insert—

'(b)   for subsections (1A) and (1B) there is substituted—

    "(1A)   In the case of an offence the sentence for which would otherwise fall to be imposed—

(a)	under section 51A(2) of the Firearms Act 1968,

(b)	under section 110(2) or 111(2) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, or

(c)	under any of sections 207 to 210 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003,

nothing in those provisions shall prevent a court from making an order under subsection (1) above for the admission of the offender to a hospital.

    (1B)   References in subsection (1A) above to a sentence falling to be imposed under any of the provisions mentioned in that subsection are to be read in accordance with section 259(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.".'

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Mr Secretary Blunkett

286

Page     279,     line     47,     [Schedule     24],     leave out paragraph (c) and insert—

'(c)   in subsection (3)(b), for "in respect of community punishment orders conferred on responsible officers by the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000" there is substituted "conferred on responsible officers by Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 in respect of unpaid work requirements imposed by community orders (within the meaning of that Part)".'

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Prepared 20 May 2003