Amendments proposed to the Northern Ireland (offences) Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Duty of Secretary of State to specify certain organisations

   

Mark Durkan
Dr Alasdair McDonnell

NC19

To move the following Clause:—

'The Secretary of State shall specify, for the purposes of this Act, any organisation which he believes—

(a)	has not established or is not maintaining a complete and unequivocal ceasefire;

(b)	has not completed decommissioning to the satisfaction of the Commission referred to in section 7(1) of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997; or

(c)	has not ended its involvement in—

(i)	attacks on the security forces, murders, sectarian attacks, riots, or other criminal offences (including organised crime);

(ii)	training, targeting, intelligence gathering, acquisition or development of arms or weapons or other preparations for terrorist campaigns; or

(iii)

punishment beatings or attacks or exiling,

to the satisfaction of the Monitoring Commission referred to in section 1(1) of the Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003.'.

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Entitlement to certificate and licence: further provisions

   

Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
Sammy Wilson

NC20

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   If a person who is on licence under section 9 is convicted of an offence which (or the conduct constituting which) might have been specified in a certificate of eligibility, but which was not specified in such a certificate, the Secretary of State shall revoke the person's licence.

    (2)   Where a person has been granted a certificate of eligibility in which certain conduct, or certain offences, are specified, and is on licence, no further certificate may be granted to that person in respect of any other offences.'.

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Registration by victim that prosecution should not be brought

   

Mark Durkan
Dr Alasdair McDonnell

NC21

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   A victim may register with the certification commissioner that he does not wish for a prosecution to be brought in respect of an offence to which this Act applies against any person who gives a full and truthful confession to his involvement in the offence.'.

    (2)   A victim may further register his wish that the confession be given by any such person in his presence.

    (3)   The certification commissioner shall make public any wishes submitted under subsections (1) and (2) in such manner as he sees fit.

    (4)   Where a victim has registered his wishes under subsection (1), any person who holds a certificate of eligibility and who has, in the opinion of the certification commissioner, given a full and truthful confession to that offence may not be prosecuted before the Special Tribunal; provided that—

(a)	where a wish has been registered under subsection (2), the confession has been read by any such person in the victim's presence;

(b)	the commissioner is satisfied that the wishes of the victim were freely given and without coercion; and

(c)	the confession is read in public by the person.'.

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Consultation by commissioner

   

Mark Durkan
Dr Alasdair McDonnell

NC22

To move the following Clause:—

'In this Act, before the commissioner concludes that a confession is full and truthful, he must consult regarding it with—

(a)	the Secretary of State;

(b)	the Director of Public Prosecutions;

(c)	the Chief Constable;

(d)	the Police Ombudsman;

(e)	the victim who has registered his wishes under this section;

(f)	any other victim, where identifiable and practicable; and

(g)	the public in such manner as the commissioner sees fit.'.

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Mark Durkan
Dr Alasdair McDonnell

228

Title, leave out from beginning to 'before' in line 2 and insert 'To provide an amnesty for those who have committed certain offences'.

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ORDER OF THE HOUSE [23rd NOVEMBER 2005]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill:

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 Thursday 15th December 2005.

    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.   Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) 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 Lords Amendments or on any further message from the Lords) may be programmed.

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ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [6TH DECEMBER 2005]

That—

    (1)   during proceedings on the Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday 6th December, the Standing Committee shall meet—

(a)	at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 6th December;

(b)	at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 8th December;

(c)	at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 13th December;

(d)	at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 15th December;

    (2)   the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 and 2; Schedule 1; Clauses 3 to 8; Schedule 2; Clauses 9 to 13; Schedule 3; Clauses 14 and 15; Schedule 4; Clauses 16 and 17; Schedule 5; Clause 18; Schedule 6; Clauses 19 to 27; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill;

    (3)   the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 4.00 p.m. on Thursday 15th December.

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Prepared 8 Dec 2005