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given up to and including

Wednesday 26th January 2005


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM BILL [LORDS]

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the House [17th January 2005] and the Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] (Programme) No. 2.


   

Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Edward Leigh
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Mr Eric Forth

Mr Andrew HunterSir Peter TapsellMr Denzil Davies
Mr Howard Flight

5

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     4,     at beginning insert 'Subject to section (Supremacy of Parliament (No. 2))'.

   

Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Edward Leigh
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Mr Eric Forth

Mr Andrew HunterSir Peter TapsellMr Denzil Davies
Mr Howard Flight

6

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     4,     at beginning insert 'Subject to section (Supremacy of Parliament (No. 3))'.


   

Mr Christopher Leslie

18

*Clause     4,     page     2,     line     24,     leave out '("the Minister")'.

   

Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Edward Leigh
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Mr Eric Forth

Mr Andrew HunterSir Peter TapsellMr Denzil Davies
Mr Howard Flight

7

Clause     4,     page     2,     leave out lines 35 to 42.


   

Mr Christopher Leslie

1

Clause     6,     page     3,     line     41,     leave out 'But'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

2

Clause     6,     page     3,     line     43,     at end insert—

    '(3)   In relation to Northern Ireland those matters do not include transferred matters within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly, unless they are matters to which a Bill for an Act of Parliament relates.

    (4)   In subsection (3) the reference to transferred matters has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c.47).'.


   

Mr Christopher Leslie

19

*Clause     7,     page     4,     line     10,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

20

*Clause     7,     page     4,     line     13,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.


   

Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Edward Leigh
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Mr Eric Forth

Mr Andrew HunterSir Peter TapsellMr Denzil Davies
Mr Howard Flight

8

Clause     5,     page     3,     leave out lines 24 to 31.


NEW CLAUSE AMENDING SECTION 12 OF THE JUSTICE (NORTHERN
IRELAND) ACT 2002

Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

NC1A

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   For subsection (1) of section 12 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (role of the Lord Chief Justice) substitute—

    "(1A)   The Lord Chief Justice holds the office of President of the Courts of Northern Ireland and is Head of the Judiciary of Northern Ireland.

    (1B)   As President of the Courts of Northern Ireland he is responsible—

(a) for representing the views of the judiciary of Northern Ireland to Parliament, the Lord Chancellor and Ministers of the Crown generally;

(b) for representing the views of the judiciary of Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the First Minister and deputy First Minister and Northern Ireland Ministers;

(c) for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the welfare, training and guidance of the judiciary of Northern Ireland within the resources made available by the Lord Chancellor;

(d) for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the deployment of the judiciary of Northern Ireland and the allocation of work within courts.

    (1C)   The President of the Courts of Northern Ireland is president of the courts listed in subsection (1D) and is entitled to sit in any of those courts.

    (1D)   The courts are—

the Court of Appeal

the High Court

the Crown Court

the county courts

the magistrates' courts.".'.


   

Mr Christopher Leslie

9

Page     1,     line     11,     leave out Clause 2.


   

Mr Christopher Leslie

10

Page     2,     line     1,     leave out Clause 3.


NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS RESERVED OR EXCEPTED MATTERS UNDER THE NORTHERN IRELAND ACT 1998

Representations to the Northern Ireland Assembly

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may lay before the Northern Ireland Assembly written representations on matters within subsection (2) that appear to him to be matters of importance relating to the judiciary, or otherwise to the administration of justice, in Northern Ireland.

    (2)   The matters are—

(a) excepted or reserved matters to which a Bill for an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly relates;

(b) transferred matters within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly, unless they are matters to which a Bill for an Act of Parliament relates.

    (3)   In subsection (2) references to excepted, reserved and transferred matters have the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c.47).'.


Northern Ireland Act 1998: excepted and reserved matters relating to Supreme Court

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

NC5

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c.47) is amended as follows.

    (2)   In Schedule 2 (excepted matters), after paragraph 11 insert—

 "11A The Supreme Court."

    (3)   In Schedule 3 (reserved matters), after paragraph 14 insert—

 "14A The following matters—

(a)   rights of appeal to the Supreme Court;

(b)   legal aid for appeals to the Supreme Court.".'.


   

Mr Christopher Leslie

3

Clause     105,     page     46,     leave out from end of line 17 to 'unless' in line 19 and insert 'or, if the Lord Chancellor is not a member of that House, by another Minister of the Crown at his request.

    (4)   No motion for the presentation of such an address may be made'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

4

Clause     105,     page     46,     line     25,     leave out from 'and' to end of line 26 and insert 'a person making such a motion in the House of Lords shall lay a copy of the report before that House before making the motion.'.


   

Mr Christopher Leslie

21

*Clause     94,     page     40,     line     38,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

22

*Clause     94,     page     40,     line     39,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

23

*Clause     94,     page     41,     line     2,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

11

Clause     94,     page     41,     line     4,     leave out subsection (3) and insert—

    '(3)   The Lord Chief Justice may give a judicial office holder formal advice, or a formal warning or reprimand, for disciplinary purposes (but this section does not restrict what he may do informally or for other purposes or where any advice or warning is not addressed to a particular office holder).'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

12

Clause     94,     page     41,     leave out lines 14 and 15 and insert 'prescribed procedures in relation to the conduct constituting the offence.'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

24

*Clause     94,     page     41,     line     20,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

13

Clause     94,     page     41,     line     28,     leave out 'disciplinary' and insert 'prescribed'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

14

Clause     94,     page     41,     line     29,     leave out subsection (8) and insert—

    '(8)   While a person is suspended under this section from any office he may not perform any of the functions of the office (but his other rights as holder of the office are not affected).'.


   

Mr Christopher Leslie

15

Clause     95,     page     42,     line     14,     leave out subsection (7) and insert—

    '(7)   The times when a person becomes and ceases to be subject to prescribed procedures for the purposes of section 94(4) or (7) are such as may be prescribed.

    (8)   "Under investigation for an offence" has such meaning as may be prescribed.'.


   

Mr Christopher Leslie

25

*Clause     8,     page     4,     line     37,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.


   

Mr Christopher Leslie

26

*Clause     9,     page     5,     line     7,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.


   

Mr Christopher Leslie

27

*Schedule     1,     page     54,     line     12,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

 
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