S.C.B.

Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 9th September 2003

STANDING COMMITTEE B

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New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

SEXUAL OFFENCES BILL

RESOLUTION OF THE PROGRAMMING SUB-COMMITTEE

The Programming Sub-Committee appointed by the Speaker in respect of the Bill agreed the following Resolution at its meeting on 8th September (Sessional Order C relating to Programming)

    That—   

    (1)   during proceedings on the Sexual Offences Bill [Lords] the Standing Committee shall, in addition to its first meeting on Tuesday 9th September at 9.10 a.m., meet—

(a)	on that day at 2.30 p.m;

(b)	on Thursday 11th September at 9.10 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.;

(c)	on Tuesday 16th September at 9.10 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.;

(d)	on Thursday 18th September at 9.10 a.m and 2.30 p.m;

(e)	on Tuesday 14th October at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m.; and

    (10)   the proceedings shall be taken in the order shown in the first column of the following Table, and shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the second column of the Table.

TABLE

Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
Clauses 1, 3 to 5, 76 to 78, 2	6.55 p.m. on Tuesday 9th September
Clauses 6 to 16, 74, 17 to 31, 65, 66, 32 to 46	6.55 p.m. on Tuesday 16th September
Clauses 47 to 57, Schedule 1, Clauses 58 to 64, 67 to 73, Schedule 2, Clauses 75, 79 and 80	5.15 p.m. on Thursday 18th September
Clause 81, Schedule 3, Clauses 82 to 102, Schedule 4, Clauses 103 to 136, Schedule 5, Clause 137, Schedule 6, Clauses 138 to 140, new Clauses, new Schedules and any remaining proceedings on the Bill	7 p.m. on Tuesday 14th October

Mr Paul Goggins has given notice of his intention to make a motion in the terms of the Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee [Sessional Order C(9) relating to Programming (28th June 2001)].

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

35

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     6,     after 'vagina', insert 'or'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

34

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     6,     leave out 'or mouth'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

36

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     9,     leave out 'reasonably'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

25

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     11,     after 'circumstances', insert 'of the case and circumstances and characteristics of A'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

29

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     11,     after 'including', insert 'A's age, mental development, maturity, and'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

37

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     13,     leave out subsection (3).

   

Annette Brooke
Sandra Gidley
Simon Hughes

1

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     14,     after 'liable,', insert 'if aged 18 or over at the time of the offence.'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

22

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     14,     leave out from 'conviction' to end of line 15 and insert—

'(a)	if the offence occurs during or after an acknowledged sexual relationship between the parties to a term of 5 years imprisonment.

(b)	otherwise, to imprisonment for life.'.

   

Annette Brooke
Sandra Gidley
Simon Hughes

2

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     15,     at end insert—

    '(5)   Unless subsection (4) applies, a person guilty of an offence under this section—

(a)	is liaible on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term no exceeding 15 years;

(b)	prior to sentencing, shall be subject to a comprehensive assessment by a Youth Offending Team;

(c)	shall only be subject to notification requirements under Part 2 of this Act following an assessment of the risk that he poses to the public.'.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

39

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     6,     leave out paragraph (b).

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

26

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     10,     after 'circumstances' insert 'of the case and the circumstances and characteristics of A'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

30

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     10,     after 'including', insert 'A's age, mental development, maturity, and'.

   

Annette Brooke
Sandra Gidley
Simon Hughes

3

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     13,     after 'liable,', insert 'if aged 18 or over at the time of the offence.'.

   

Annette Brooke
Sandra Gidley
Simon Hughes

4

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     14,     at end insert—

    '(5)   Unless subsection (4) applies, a person guilty of an offence under this section—

(a)	is liaible on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 years;

(b)	prior to sentencing, shall be subject to a comprehensive assessment by a Youth Offending Team;

(c)	shall only be subject to notification requirements under Part 2 of this Act following an assessment of the risk that he poses to the public.'.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

27

Clause     4,     page     2,     line     22,     after 'circumstances' insert 'of the case and the circumstances and characteristics of A'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

31

Clause     4,     page     2,     line     22,     after 'including', insert 'A's age, mental development, maturity, and'.

   

Annette Brooke
Sandra Gidley
Simon Hughes

5

Clause     4,     page     2,     line     25,     after 'liable,', insert 'if aged 18 or over at the time of the offence.'.

   

Annette Brooke
Sandra Gidley
Simon Hughes

6

Clause     4,     page     2,     line     29,     at end insert—

    '(5)   Unless subsection (4) applies, a person guilty of an offence under this section—

(a)	on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;

(b)	on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years;

(c)	prior to sentencing, shall be subject to a comprehensive assessment by a Youth Offending Team;

(d)	shall only be subject to notification requirements under Part 2 of this Act following an assessment of the risk that he poses to the public.'.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

28

Clause     5,     page     2,     line     38,     after 'circumstances' insert 'of the case and the circumstances and characteristics of A'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

32

Clause     5,     page     2,     line     38,     after 'including', insert 'A's age, mental development, maturity, and'.

   

Annette Brooke
Sandra Gidley
Simon Hughes

7

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     9,     at end insert—

'(i)	if aged 18 years or above at the time of the offence, is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for life;

(ii)	if aged under 18 years at the time of the offence, is liable on conviction on indictment to 15 years.'.

   

Annette Brooke
Sandra Gidley
Simon Hughes

8

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     10,     leave out subsection (5) and insert—

    '( )   Unless subsection (4) applies,

(a)	a person guilty of an offence under this section, if aged 18 years or above at the time of the offence, is liable—

(i)	on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;

(ii)	on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years.

(b)	a person guilty of an offence under this section, if aged 18 years at the time of the offence, is liable—

(i)	on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;

(ii)	on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years.

    ( )   A person aged below 18 years at the time of the offence—

(a)	prior to sentencing, shall be subject to a comprehensive assessment by a Youth Offending Team;

(b)	shall only be subject to notification requirements under Part 2 of this Act following an assessment of the risk that he poses to the public.'.

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Paul Goggins

41

Clause     76,     page     36,     line     36,     at end insert—

'( )	any person had administered to or caused to be taken by the complainant, without the complainant's consent, a substance which, having regard to when it was administered or taken, was capable of causing or enabling the complainant to be stupefied or overpowered at the time of the relevant act.'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

33

Clause     76,     page     36,     line     36,     at end insert—

'(f)	any person was, at the time of the relevant act or immediately before it began making threats of any description against the complainant or against another person'.

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Prepared 9 Sept 2003