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Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 17th June 2003

STANDING COMMITTEE A


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

CRIME (INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION) BILL [LORDS]

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [10th June 2003].

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

146

Clause     32,     page     19,     line     8,     after 'him', insert 'on reasonable grounds'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

56

Clause     32,     page     19,     line     14,     after 'or', insert 'to'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

57

Clause     32,     page     19,     line     16,     after 'or', insert 'to'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

87A

Clause     32,     page     19,     line     22,     at end insert—

    '( )   No customer information order shall be issued unless—

      (a) the authority referred to in subsection (2) has included in its application a full explanation of its reasons behind the application, and

      (b) the Secretary of State is satisfied that those reasons are sufficient to justify the issuing of the customer information order.'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

147

Clause     32,     page     19,     line     25,     at end insert 'subject to being given reasonable notice of the order by the applicant'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

88A

Clause     32,     page     19,     line     33,     at end insert—.

    '(9)   A "participating country" for the purposes of this section shall be defined as a European Union member state which has incorporated similar provisions in domestic law.'.


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

89

Clause     33,     page     20,     line     3,     leave out paragraph (a).

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

90

Clause     33,     page     20,     line     11,     leave out paragraph (c).


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

91

Clause     34,     page     20,     line     19,     at end insert 'within the specified period'.


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

92

Clause     35,     page     20,     line     40,     leave out from 'apply' to 'for' in line 41.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

93

Clause     35,     page     21,     line     9,     leave out subsection (6).


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

94

Clause     36,     page     21,     line     17,     after 'into', insert 'serious'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

95

Clause     36,     page     21,     line     31,     leave out paragraph (c).


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

96

Clause     38,     page     22,     line     33,     leave out paragraph (a).


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

148

Clause     39,     page     23,     line     12,     at end insert 'but

      (c) for the avoidance of doubt, if a member of staff of the financial institution passes on a statement which turns out on later analysis to be false or to have given a misleading impression, but this has been caused merely by negligence or inadvertentce the financial institution shall not be guilty of an offence'.


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

97

Clause     41,     page     23,     line     12,     after 'into', insert 'serious'.


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

149

Clause     42,     page     24,     line     23,     after 'institution', insert 'improperly and deliberately or recklessly'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

150

Clause     42,     page     24,     line     23,     after 'discloses', insert 'causing subsequent difficulty in proceedings in the UK or elsewhere'.


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

151

Clause     43,     page     25,     line     43,     at end insert—

    '(8)   Where any bank or financial institution contacts any of its customers holding a bank or financial account or accounts, they shall not request customer information alleging they require it for legislative or investigative reasons when they actually want it for marketing'.


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

98

Clause     44,     page     26,     line     4,     at end insert 'serious'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

152

Clause     44,     page     26,     line     8,     leave out 'or justice of the peace'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

99

Clause     44,     page     26,     line     12,     after 'into', insert 'serious'.


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

100

Clause     46,     page     27,     line     7,     leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

    '(a)   an offence which requires a prison term of 10 years or more, or'.

   

Mr David Heath
Mr Alistair Carmichael

143

Clause     46,     page     27,     line     9,     leave out paragraph (b).

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

101

Clause     46,     page     27,     line     12,     at end insert—

    '( )   An order under subsection (3) shall be made by statutory instrument and may not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

102

Clause     46,     page     27,     line     12,     at end insert—

    '( )   No order shall be made under subsection (3)(b) by the Secretary of State until a draft of that order has been laid before and approved by resolution of both Houses of Parliament.

    ( )   No order shall be made under subsection (3)(b) by the Scottish Ministers unitl a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.'.


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Robert Syms

103

Clause     47,     page     27,     line     28,     leave out 'competent' and insert 'relevant judicial'.

   

Mr David Heath
Mr Alistair Carmichael

144

Clause     47,     page     27,     line     37,     at end insert—

      '( ) subject to any other restriction applied by a court in the United Kingdom that might prevent him from travelling to the relevant participating country.'.

   

Mr David Heath
Mr Alistair Carmichael

145

Clause     47,     page     28,     line     5,     at end insert—

    '( )   Before making any written statement under subsection (4), the prisoner must be offered access to legal advice on the legal consequences of a transfer'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

58

Clause     47,     page     28,     line     9,     leave out 'cannot' and insert 'may'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

59

Clause     47,     page     28,     line     9,     leave out 'cannot' and insert 'may in exceptional circumstances'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

60

Clause     47,     page     28,     line     9,     after 'withdrawn', insert 'on medical grounds'.


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

61

Clause     48,     page     29,     line     3,     leave out 'cannot' and insert 'may'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

62

Clause     48,     page     29,     line     3,     leave out 'cannot' and insert 'may in exceptional circumstances'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

63

Clause     48,     page     29,     line     3,     after 'withdrawn' insert 'on medical grounds'.


   

Mr James Paice
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois

64

Clause     50,     page     29,     line     40,     leave out from 'Ministers' to 'a' in line 41 and insert 'may only be made if a draft of the statutory instrument has been laid before and approved by'.

   

Mr David Heath
Mr Alistair Carmichael

127

Clause     50,     page     30,     line     8,     at end insert—

    '( )   the country to be so designated is a signatory to and has ratified the European Convention on Human Rights'.

   

Mr David Heath
Mr Alistair Carmichael

128

Clause     50,     page     30,     line     8,     at end insert—

    '( )   the country to be so designated is a reciprocating country under section 51(5).'.

 
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