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Tuesday 11th October 2005


STANDING COMMITTEE B

VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION BILL


NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order to be proposed by Hazel Blears.

Hazel Blears To move, That the Bill be considered in the following order, namely:—

Clauses 1 to 37, Schedule 1, Clause 38, Schedule 2, Clauses 39 to 44, Schedule 3, New Clauses, New Schedules, remaining proceedings on the Bill.

   

Lynne Featherstone
John Thurso

110

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     9,     at beginning insert 'Subject to subsection (4A) below,'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
John Thurso

111

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     9,     at beginning insert 'appropriate in all the circumstances, and'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

4

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     9,     after 'prohibition', insert 'or requirement'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

5

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     10,     leave out 'or disorderly'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
John Thurso

112

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     10,     leave out 'or disorderly'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

189

*Clause     1,     page     1,     line     11,     leave out 'while' and insert 'whether or not'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

169

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     11,     at end insert 'and may impose conditions requiring the subject to take steps necessary to rehabilitate the subject'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
John Thurso
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

113

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     12,     leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
John Thurso

115

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     13,     leave out 'that purpose' and insert 'the purpose mentioned in subsection (2)'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
John Thurso

114

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     13,     after 'considers', insert 'appropriate and'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

7

Clause     1,     page     2,     line     2,     after 'retail', insert 'for consumption on the premises'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

10

Clause     1,     page     2,     line     14,     after 'training', insert 'or playing sport'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
John Thurso

116

Clause     1,     page     2,     line     17,     at end insert—

    '(4A)   Before making a drinking banning order, a court must receive a report from an appropriate officer about the proposed subject of the order, which contains information about the subject and, in particular, about whether there is any reason to suspect that he may be—

      (a) suffering from substance addiction (including alcohol dependence);

      (b) a person falling within section 1 of the Mental Health Act 1983; or

      (c) suffering from any other recognised physical or mental illness or condition which could either—

      (i) affect his ability to restrict his intake of alcohol;

      (ii) cause him to engage in criminal conduct while under the influence of alcohol; or

      (iii) affect his ability to comply with a drinking banning order.

    (4B)   In subsection (5) above "an appropriate officer" means—

      (a) where the proposed subject is aged 18 or over, an officer of the National Offender Management Service or a social worker of a local authority social services department, or

      (b) where the proposed subject is aged under 18, a social worker of a local authority social services department or a member of a youth offending team.

    (4C)   If the court determines that the proposed subject of a drinking banning order may be a person falling within subsection 5(a) to (c) above, the court shall not make a drinking banning order unless satisfied, on receipt of medical evidence, that—

      (a) his ability to understand and comply with the order will not be significantly restricted by reason of his being a person falling within subsection (5)(a) to (c) above; and

      (b) compliance with the order, either alone or in combination to any other order or sentence to which he is subject, would not have a deleterious effect upon his mental or physical health.'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
John Thurso

117

Clause     1,     page     2,     line     17,     at end insert '; or

      (e) from fulfilling dietary requirements.'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

11

Clause     1,     page     2,     line     17,     at end insert '; or

      (e) from attending his normal place of worship.'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

8

Clause     1,     page     2,     line     18,     leave out 'two' and insert 'six'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

9

Clause     1,     page     2,     line     21,     leave out 'two' and insert 'six'.


   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

12

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     32,     leave out '16' and insert '18'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

170

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     32,     leave out '16' and insert '15'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
John Thurso

288

*Clause     2,     page     2,     line     32,     leave out '16' and insert '18'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

6

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     35,     leave out 'or disorderly'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
John Thurso

118

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     35,     leave out 'or disorderly'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

15

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     41,     leave out subsection (4).

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

13

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     44,     after 'proved', insert 'to the criminal standard'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

171

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     44,     after 'proved', insert 'beyond reasonable doubt'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

14

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     45,     at end insert—

    '(6)   Persons subject to—

      (a) an application under this section, or

      (b) proceedings for breach of an order pursuant to section 10,

    shall be entitled to legal aid for the purposes of representation.'.


   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

18

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     15,     after 'proceedings', insert ', which shall be heard by a County Court judge within seven days of the application,'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

16

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     21,     leave out ' or disorderly'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk
Lynne Featherstone
John Thurso

17

Clause     3,     page     3,     line     40,     leave out 'or disorderly'.


   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

19

Clause     4,     page     4,     line     10,     at end insert 'and cannot be made until the expiry of one quarter of the period of the order.'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

183

*Clause     4,     page     4,     line     14,     leave out paragraph (6)(a) and insert—

      '(a) the court is satisfied that there has been a change in curcumstances such that either the order is no longer necessary, or that it is no longer appropriate, or both; or'.


   

Lynne Featherstone
John Thurso

120

Clause     5,     page     4,     line     11,     leave out subsection (5).


   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

20

Clause     6,     page     5,     line     6,     leave out from 'court' to end of line 7 and insert 'must issue a warrant without bail for his arrest.'.

   

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

21

Clause     6,     page     5,     line     9,     leave out 'adequate' and insert '14 days,'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
John Thurso

121

Clause     6,     page     5,     line     15,     leave out subsections (8) and (9).


   

Lynne Featherstone
John Thurso

122

Clause     7,     page     6,     line     2,     leave out 'or disorderly'.


   

Hazel Blears

68

Clause     8,     page     6,     line     43,     leave out subsection (3) and insert—

    '(3)   Where this section applies by virtue of subsection (1)(a), an application for an interim order against an individual—

      (a) may be made without notice being given to that individual, and

      (b) may be heard in the absence of that individual.'.

 
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