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Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 13th December 2005

STANDING COMMITTEE B


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

NORTHERN IRELAND (OFFENCES) BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [6th December]

   


Clause 3.

       Another Amendment (No 112) proposed, in page 2, line 2, to leave out the word 'must' and insert the word 'may'.—(Mr Laurence Robertson.)

       Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.


   

Mark Durkan
Dr Alasdair McDonnell

200

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     3,     leave out 'commissioner' and insert 'commissioners'.

   

Lady Hermon

249

Clause     3,     page     2,     leave out line 4.

   

Lady Hermon

167

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     4,     leave out 'applicant' and insert 'application'.

   

Mark Durkan
Dr Alasdair McDonnell

201

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     5,     leave out 'commissioner' and insert 'commissioners'.

   

Mark Durkan
Dr Alasdair McDonnell

202

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     5,     leave out 'him' and insert 'them'.

   

Mark Durkan
Dr Alasdair McDonnell

181

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     6,     at end insert 'and

      (c) the application is received by the commissioner within six months of the entry into force of this section'.

   

Mark Durkan
Dr Alasdair McDonnell

203

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     7,     leave out 'commissioner' and insert 'commissioners'.

   

Lady Hermon

168

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     8,     leave out subsection (2) and insert—

    '(2)   An application may be made within a period of 12 months following the coming into force of this Act for a certificate of eligibility for offences to which this Act applies in respect of which the applicant has not been charged and acquited or has not been convicted and served the sentence imposed in respect thereof.'.

   

Lady Hermon

250

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     8,     leave out subsection (2).

   

Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
Sammy Wilson

2

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     11,     leave out 'members of that' and insert 'the'.

   

Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
Sammy Wilson

46

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     11,     leave out 'have, and have' and insert 'has, and has'.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Ben Wallace
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Jeremy Hunt

113

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     11,     leave out ', and have had since before 1st November 2005,'.

   

Lady Hermon

232

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     11,     leave out '1st November 2005' and insert '10th April 2004'.

   

Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
Sammy Wilson

3

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     17,     at end insert 'and

      (iii) that the applicant has not been involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism since 10th April 1998.'.

   

Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
Sammy Wilson
Lady Hermon

4

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     18,     leave out paragraph (b).

   

Mark Durkan
Dr Alasdair McDonnell

182

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     19,     after 'it', insert 'and the applicant would have been convicted or acquitted but for the fact that he is believed by the commissioner to be outside the United Kingdom.'.

   

Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
Sammy Wilson
Lady Hermon

5

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     20,     leave out paragraph (c).

   

Mark Durkan
Dr Alasdair McDonnell

183

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     21,     at end insert 'because he is believed by the commissioner to be outside the United Kingdom, or'.

   

Mark Durkan
Dr Alasdair McDonnell

184

Clause     3,     page     2,     leave out lines 22 and 23.

   

Mark Durkan
Dr Alasdair McDonnell

244

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     23,     leave out from 'it' to end of line 24 and insert—

      '(d) he gives in his application what the commissioner believes to be a full and truthful confession to his involvement in an offence to which this Act applies.'.

   

Mark Durkan
Dr Alasdair McDonnell

185

Clause     3,     page     2,     leave out line 24 and insert—

      '( ) has been sentenced but is believed by the commissioner to be unlawfully outside the United Kingdom during the currency of such a sentence.'.

   

Lady Hermon

233

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     26,     after 'that', insert 'in the opinion of a senior police officer'.

   

Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
Sammy Wilson

6

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     26,     leave out 'does not support' and insert 'has not at any time supported an organisation which is currently'.

   

Mr Laurence Robertson
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Ben Wallace
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Jeremy Hunt

114

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     26,     leave out 'a specified organisation' and insert 'an organisation which is prescribed under Schedule 2 of the Terrorism Act 2000'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Lorely Burt

49

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     26,     at end insert—

      '(aa) that that Commission established under section 7 of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (the commission) has reported that any organisation with which the applicant was associated has completed the decommissioning of its weapons and all other terrorist property;'.

   

Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
Sammy Wilson

7

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     27,     after 'that', insert ', in the view of the Police Service of Northern Ireland,'.

   

Lady Hermon

234

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     27,     after 'or', insert 'a risk that he is'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Lorely Burt

50

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     28,     at end insert ', or any other serious crime,'.

   

Lady Hermon

235

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     28,     at end insert 'or any other "specified offences" as set out in Schedule 15 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003'.

   

Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
Sammy Wilson

8

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     32,     leave out 'for a term of five years or more'.

   

Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
Sammy Wilson

9

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     36,     at end insert—

      '(e) that the Police Service of Northern Ireland believes that he will not pose a danger to the public.'.

   

Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
Sammy Wilson

10

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     36,     at end insert—

      '(e) that the applicant has not at any time supported an organisation which currently causes, by threat against a person or persons, such person or persons to leave Northern Ireland or to be in fear of returning to Northern Ireland.'.

   

Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
Sammy Wilson

11

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     36,     at end insert—

      '(e) that the applicant has not at any time supported an organisation which has been involved in any paramilitary, criminal or illegal activity since 1st December 2005.'.

   

Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
Sammy Wilson

12

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     36,     at end insert—

      '(e) that the applicant is not suspected of, or charged with or convicted of, an offence under section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) (torture).'.

   

Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
Sammy Wilson

13

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     36,     at end insert—

      '(e) that the applicant has not at any time supported an organisation which the Independent Monitoring Commission cannot certify is maintaining a complete cessation of paramilitary and criminal activity.'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Lorely Burt

51

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     36,     at end insert—

      '(e) that the Independent Monitoring Commission has stated in at least its two most recent reports that any organisation with which he was associated has not engaged in any serious criminal activity.'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Lorely Burt

52

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     36,     at end insert—

      '(e) that the Victim Impact Assessment Panel has reported to the Commissioner that the issuing of a certificate to the applicant will not cause long-term alarm or distress to the victims of the offences specified in the application.'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Lorely Burt

54

Clause     3,     page     2,     line     36,     at end insert—

      '(e) that the Independent Monitoring Commission has stated in at least its two most recent reports that any organisation with which he was associated has—

      (i) ceased the practice of exiling; and

      (ii) specifically and credibly stated that those who have been exiled from their homes are free to return without fear of intimidation, harassment, alarm or distress to themselves or their family.'.

 
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