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Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 8th January 2004

STANDING COMMITTEE B


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION (TREATMENT OF CLAIMANTS, ETC.) BILL

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

49

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     2,     leave out 'A person' and insert 'An adult'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

3

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     3,     leave out 'in the United Kingdom' and insert 'at a United Kingdom airport'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

50

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     3,     after 'arrival', insert 'at an airport'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

2

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     3,     after 'him', insert ', or fails to produce to an immigration officer within three days,'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

51

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     3,     leave out 'an immigration' and insert 'a'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

4

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     4,     after 'immigration', insert 'or other'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

5

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     5,     after 'is', insert 'or has been'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

52

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     6,     leave out 'and' and insert ','.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

53

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     7,     after 'arrival', insert 'at an airport'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

6

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     9,     after 'him', insert ', or fails to produce to an immigration officer within three days,'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

54

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     9,     leave out 'an immigration' and insert 'a'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

7

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     9,     after 'immigration', insert 'or other'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

8

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     10,     after 'is', insert 'or has been'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

55

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     11,     leave out 'and' and insert ','.

   

Beverley Hughes

67

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     15,     after 'national', insert—

      '(aa) that he is a member of the family of an EEA national and that he is exercising a right under the Community Treaties in respect of entry to or residence in the United Kingdom,'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

9

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     17,     at end insert ', or

      '(c) that he has not, in the last five years, possessed such a document.'.

   

Beverley Hughes

68

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     20,     after 'national', insert—

      '(aa) that the child is a member of the family of an EEA national and that the child is exercising a right under the Community Treaties in respect of entry to or residence in the United Kingdom,'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

10

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     22,     at end insert ', or

      '(c) that the person has not, in the last five years, possessed such a document.'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

56

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     22,     at end insert—

    '(4A)   Where a person is charged with an offence under subsections (1) and (2), and relies on a defence under subsections (3) and (4), if the person adduces evidence which is sufficient to raise an issue with respect to the matter, the court or jury shall assume that the defence is satisfied unless the prosecution proves beyond reasonable doubt that it is not.'.

   

Beverley Hughes

69

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     24,     after 'destroyed', insert 'or disposed of'.

   

Beverley Hughes

70

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     26,     after 'destruction', insert 'or disposal'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

11

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     28,     after 'offence', insert ', or

      (iii) was destroyed under duress,'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

57

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     28,     leave out from 'offence' to end of line 36.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

12

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     33,     leave out from 'application' to end of line 36.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

13

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     34,     leave out 'instructions or'.

   

Mr Andrew Turner

79

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     36,     at end insert—

    '(6A)   A person commits an offence if he aids or abets or provides a craft used in the commission of an offence under subsections (1) and (2).

    (6B)   It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (6A) to prove that he could not reasonably have known that an offence was being committed.'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

58

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     38,     leave out 'to an immigration officer on request' and insert 'without reasonable excuse following a request from an immigration officer, within a reasonable period, which shall be no less than seven days from the date of that request.'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

16

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     39,     at end insert 'or within three days'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

14

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     41,     leave out paragraph (a).

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

15

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     43,     leave out 'six' and insert 'four'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins

Angela Watkinson

17

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     44,     at end insert ', or

      (c) where the person has with him a dependent child, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum'.

   

Mr Andrew Turner

82

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     44,     at end insert ', or

    (c)   on conviction on indictment for an offence under subsection (6A) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years for each offence under subsection (1) or (2) aided or abetted, to a fine or to both; or

    (d)   on conviction on indictment for an offence under subsection (6A) involving a craft, a fine not exceeding the value of the craft.'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

59

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     45,     leave out 'or immigration officer'.

   

Mr Andrew Turner

80

*Clause     2,     page     3,     line     7,     at end insert '"craft" means any boat, ship, aeroplane, hovercraft, balloon, airship, rocket, train, tractor, motor-car, carriage or any other movable structure used in the commission of an offence under subsections (1) and (2);'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

60

Clause     2,     page     3,     line     10,     after 'time)', insert—

       '"first interview" means a substantive interview conducted under caution and in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Codes of Practice, in the presence of an accredited legal representative, and'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

61

Clause     2,     page     3,     line     10,     leave out from 'time)' to end of line 15.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

62

Clause     2,     page     3,     line     12,     leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert 'any document which contains sufficient information to identify that person or dependent child or their nationality or citizenship.'.

   

Mr Andrew Turner

81

*Clause     2,     page     3,     line     15,     at end insert '"provides" means owns, lets, captains, pilots or drives.'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

63

Clause     2,     page     3,     line     15,     at end add—

    '(11)   Where a decision is made to prosecute a person for offences contained in this section, no prosecution shall be commenced until after the final determination of all proceedings in relation to—

      (a) an asylum claim made under the Refugee Convention, or

      (b) a claim made under the European Convention on Human Rights, or

      (c) an application for leave to remain under the provisions of the Immigration Acts.'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

63A

Clause     2,     page     3,     line     15,     at end add—

    '(12)   No prosecution shall be brought against a child in respect of the offences contained in this section.'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr David Heath

64

Clause     2,     page     3,     line     15,     at end add—

    '(13)   Section 31 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c.33) (defences based on the Refugee Convention) shall be amended as follows.

    (14)   After subsection (3)(c) (falsification of documents), insert—

       "; or

      (d) section 2 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (entering United Kingdom without passport).".

    (15)   After subsection (4)(d) (falsification of documents), insert—

       ", or

      (e) under section 2 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (entering United Kingdom without passport),".'.



 
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