Amendments proposed to the Sexual Offences Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Paul Goggins

121

*Clause     67,     page     33,     line     1,     leave out subsection (3).

   

Paul Goggins

122

*Clause     67,     page     33,     line     5,     leave out from 'exceeding' to end of line 7 and insert 'level 5 on the standard scale or both.'.

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Paul Goggins

96

Clause     68,     page     33,     line     9,     leave out '(A)'.

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Paul Goggins

97

Clause     70,     page     34,     line     2,     leave out subsection (1).

   

Paul Goggins

98

Clause     70,     page     34,     line     3,     at beginning insert 'For the purposes of section 69,'.

   

Paul Goggins

99

Clause     70,     page     34,     line     10,     leave out subsection (3).

   

Paul Goggins

100

Clause     70,     page     34,     leave out line 13.

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Paul Goggins

101

Schedule     2,     page     76,     line     15,     leave out '15 and'.

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Paul Goggins

123

*Clause     79,     page     37,     line     33,     after 'Part', insert '(except section 67)'.

   

Paul Goggins

124

*Clause     79,     page     37,     line     34,     leave out from 'if' to end of line 39 and insert 'a reasonable person would consider that—

(a)	whatever its circumstances or any person's purpose in relation to it, it is because of its nature sexual, or

(b)	because of its nature it may be sexual and because of its circumstances or the purpose of any person in relation to it (or both) it is sexual.'.

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Paul Goggins

102

Clause     80,     page     38,     line     3,     at end insert—

'( )	"Image" means a moving or still image and includes an image produced by any means and, where the context permits, a three-dimensional image.

( )	References to an image of a person include references to an image of an imaginary person.'.

   

Paul Goggins

103

Clause     80,     page     38,     line     6,     leave out subsection (5) and insert—

'( )	References to observation (however expressed) are to observation whether direct or by looking at an image.'.

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Paul Goggins

104

Schedule     3,     page     79,     line     41,     leave out 'or learning disability'.

   

Paul Goggins

105

Schedule     3,     page     79,     line     42,     leave out 'or learning disability'.

   

Paul Goggins

106

Schedule     3,     page     79,     line     45,     leave out 'or learning disability'.

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Sir Paul Beresford

108

*Clause     88,     page     44,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '( )   Where a person notifies an address in accordance with the provisions of this Act the police shall have the power to visit the offender to ascertain that the details are correct and to enable them to produce, or assist them in the production of, a risk assessment.

    '( )   Where subsection (5) applies it shall be the duty of the person subject to the notification requirements to co-operate with the police attending those premises.'.

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Mr Hilton Dawson

15

Clause     113,     page     59,     line     23,     leave out '16' and insert '18'.

   

Mr Hilton Dawson

16

Clause     113,     page     59,     line     24,     leave out '16' and insert '18'.

   

Mr Hilton Dawson

17

Clause     113,     page     59,     line     34,     leave out subsection (6).

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Mr Hilton Dawson

18

Clause     114,     page     60,     line     4,     after 'paragraphs', insert '5 to 9,'.

   

Mr Hilton Dawson

19

Clause     114,     page     60,     line     7,     leave out '16' and insert '18'.

   

Mr Hilton Dawson

20

Clause     114,     page     60,     line     13,     leave out '16' and insert '18'.

   

Mr Hilton Dawson

21

Clause     114,     page     60,     line     18,     leave out '16' and insert '18'.

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Paul Goggins

125

*Clause     121,     page     64,     line     11,     leave out '5' and insert '2'.

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Paul Goggins

126

*Clause     123,     page     65,     line     17,     leave out '5' and insert '2'.

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NEW CLAUSES

Anonymity of suspects and defendants in certain cases

   

Annette Brooke
Sandra Gidley
Simon Hughes

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   Where an allegation has been made that a person has committed an offence listed in Schedule 3 to the Sex Offenders Act 1997, no matter relating to that person shall be included in any publication if it is likely to lead members of the public to identify that person as the person who is alleged to have committed the offence, until and if that person is charged.

    (2)   If any matter is published or included in a relevant programme in contravention of sub-section (1), the following persons, namely—

(a)	in the case of a publication in a newspaper or periodical, any proprietor, any editor and any publisher of the newspaper or periodical;

(b)	in the case of any other publication, the person who publishes it; and

(c)	in the case of matter included in a relevant programme, any body corporate which is engaged in providing the service in which the programme is included and any person having functions in relation to the programme corresponding to those of an editor of a newspaper,

       shall be guilty of an offence.'.

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Disqualification from working with children

   

Sir Paul Beresford

NC2

*To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   Section 28 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 shall be amended as follows.

(a)	Subsection (4) shall read—

    "(4)   subject to subsection (5), the individual is disqualified from working with children"

(b)	Subsection (5) shall read—

    "(5)   

    (a)   where an individual believes that he should not be disqualified from working with children then he shall, at the time of advancing a plea in mitigation, apply to the court for a declaration that he is not disqualified,

    (b)   where a court makes such a declaration then the individual shall not be disqualified from working with children."

(c)	After subsection (5) the following shall be inserted—

    "(5A)   Where an individual applies to the court for a declaration under subsection (5) the court shall hear argument from both the individual and the prosecution.

    (5B)   A court shall only declare that an individual shall not be disqualified from working with children if, having regard to all the circumstances, he is satisfied that the individual is unlikely to commit any further offence against a child.".

(d)	Subsection (6) shall read—

       "Where, in accordance with subsection (5), a court declares that the individual shall not be banned from working with children, it must state its reasons for doing so and cause those reasons to be included in the record of the proceedings.".

    (2)   Subsection 30 shall be amended as follows—

(a)	After paragraph (a) under "qualifying sentence" the following shall be added—

(aa)	a community rehabilitation order of twenty-four or more months duration"

(ab)	a community punishment order of one hundred and twenty hours or more duration

(ac)	a community rehabilitation and punishment order where the rehabilitation order component is of at least eighteen months' duration, and the punishment order component is of at least sixty hours duration.".

    (3)   Section 31 shall be amended as follows—

(a)	Subsection (1) shall read—

"An individual may appeal against the refusal of a court to make a declaration under section 28(5) above.".

(b)	After subsection (2) the following shall be inserted—

    "(3)   The prosecution may appeal against the making of a declaration under section 28(5) as if it were an unduly lenient sentence.".'.

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RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE [15TH JULY 2003]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Sexual Offences Bill [Lords]:

Committal

1. The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.

Proceedings in Standing Committee

2. Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 14th October 2003.

3. The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

4. Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.

5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

6. Sessional Order B (programming committees) made on 28th June 2001 shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7. Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of any message from the Lords) may be programmed.

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Prepared 9 Sept 2003