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Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 23rd March 2006

STANDING COMMITTEE D


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

POLICE AND JUSTICE BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee
[16th March].

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

107

Clause     12,     page     7,     line     21,     leave out 'one' and insert 'two'.

   

James Brokenshire

141

Clause     12,     page     7,     line     31,     at end insert 'and undertake specified activities.'.

   

Nick Herbert

137

Clause     12,     page     7,     line     38,     at end insert—

    '(3A)   In section 22(4)(a) after "constable" there is inserted—

    "or, in the case of a condition which has an object under subsection (3)(c) above, an officer of the rank of sergeant or above".'.


   

Nick Herbert

147

Clause     13,     page     9,     line     28,     leave out subsection (6).


NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART 2

Establishment of the Inspectorate of Data

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   There shall be a body to be known as the Inspectorate of Data ("the Inspectorate").

    (2)   The role of the Inspectorate shall be—

      (a) to request information granted under section 32(2) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006,

      (b) to request information granted under common law or section 115 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 for the purposes of Automatic Number plate recognition,

      (c) to make any request under paragraph (a) above no more frequently than every three calendar months, and

      (d) to use such information provided under paragraph (a) to produce a report that shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament once every six calendar months.

    (3)   The Inspectorate shall consist of—

      (a) a Chairman appointed by the Lord Chancellor after consultation with the Information Commissioner, and

      (b) a number of deputy chairmen of an odd number no less than 3 appointed as the chairman may determine.

    (4)   The Chairman shall—

      (a) have a 7 year general qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, and

      (b) be a person who has an interest in data analysis and information protection.

    (5)   The deputy chairmen shall include—

      (a) persons who shall represent the interests of data controllers, and

      (b) persons who shall represent the interests of data subjects.'.


Recording of encounters not governed by statutory powers

   

Nick Herbert

NC12

To move the following Clause:—

    'Paragraphs 4.12 to 4.20 of Code A (Code of Practice—recording of encounters not governed by statutory powers) issued under section 67 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (supplementary provisions about codes) are hereby annulled.'.


   

Nick Herbert

140

Schedule     6,     page     81,     line     1,     leave out subparagraph (5).


   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

108

Clause     15,     page     12,     line     13,     after third 'a', insert 'reasonable'.

   

Nick Herbert

138

Clause     15,     page     12,     line     18,     at end insert—

      '(aa) the councillor may refer the matter to the responsible authority;'.

   

Nick Herbert

139

Clause     15,     page     12,     line     19,     after '(b)', insert 'if the matter is not resolved by the responsible authority,'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

109

Clause     15,     page     12,     line     30,     after 'any', insert 'reasonable'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

110

Clause     15,     page     13,     line     1,     after 'section', insert "'reasonable'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

111

Clause     15,     page     13,     line     3,     after 'other', insert 'criminal'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

112

Clause     15,     page     13,     line     19,     leave out 'the Secretary of State may by'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

113

Clause     15,     page     13,     line     21,     at end insert '; but such regulations shall not be made unless a draft of them has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.'.

   

Hazel Blears

85

Page     11,     line     27,     leave out Clause 15.


   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

50

Clause     16,     page     14,     line     23,     leave out ', or is likely to engage,'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

51

Clause     16,     page     14,     line     26,     at end insert—

      '(c) the local authority has undertaken an assessment of need under Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41)'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

114

Clause     16,     page     15,     line     7,     leave out from beginning to end of line 18 on page 16.


   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

52

Clause     17,     page     16,     line     28,     at end insert—

      '(c) the local authority has undertaken an assessment of need under Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41)'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

115

Clause     17,     page     17,     line     14,     leave out from beginning to end of line 10 on page 18.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

116

Clause     17,     page     18,     line     12,     leave out 'or registered social landlord ("a relevant authority")'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

117

Clause     17,     page     18,     line     21,     leave out 'relevant' and insert 'local'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

118

Clause     17,     page     18,     line     24,     leave out 'relevant' and insert 'local'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

119

Clause     17,     page     18,     line     28,     leave out 'relevant' and insert 'local'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

120

Clause     17,     page     18,     line     30,     leave out 'relevant' and insert 'local'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

121

Clause     17,     page     18,     line     33,     leave out 'relevant' and insert 'local'.


   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

122

Page     18,     line     39,     leave out Clause 18.


   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

123

Clause     19,     page     20,     line     19,     leave out '(who need not be a particular identified person)'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

124

Clause     19,     page     20,     line     41,     leave out 'Without prejudice to the generality of the court's power under subsection (2), a kind of conduct may' and insert 'A kind of conduct must'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

125

Clause     19,     page     20,     line     43,     leave out from 'reference' to end of line 45.


   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

126

Clause     20,     page     21,     line     25,     at end insert 'on bail'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

127

Clause     20,     page     21,     leave out lines 34 and 35.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

128

Clause     20,     page     21,     line     36,     leave out 'in any other case'.


   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

129

Schedule     7,     page     84,     leave out lines 37 to 39.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

130

Schedule     7,     page     84,     line     40,     leave out 'him' and insert 'the person'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

131

Schedule     7,     page     85,     line     21,     leave out 'if the court remands him on bail,'.

   

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

132

Schedule     7,     page     85,     leave out lines 26 to 28.


NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART 3

Local authority scrutiny of crime and disorder matters

   

Hazel Blears

NC8

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   Every local authority shall ensure that it has a committee (the "crime and disorder committee") with power—

      (a) to review or scrutinise decisions made, or other action taken, in connection with the discharge by the responsible authorities of their crime and disorder functions;

      (b) to make reports or recommendations to the local authority with respect to the discharge of those functions.

    "The responsible authorities" means the bodies and persons who are responsible authorities within the meaning given by section 5 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (authorities responsible for crime and disorder strategies) in relation to the local authority's area.

    (2)   Where by virtue of subsection (1)(b) the crime and disorder committee makes a report or recommendations it shall provide a copy—

      (a) to each of the responsible authorities, and

      (b) to each of the persons with whom, and bodies with which, the responsible authorities have a duty to co-operate under section 5(2) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) ("the co-operating persons and bodies").

    (3)   Where a member of a local authority ("the councillor") is asked to consider a local crime and disorder matter by a person who lives or works in the area that the councillor represents—

      (a) the councillor shall consider the matter and respond to the person who asked him to consider it, indicating what (if any) action he proposes to take;

      (b) the councillor may refer the matter to the crime and disorder committee.

    In this subsection and subsections (4) to (6) "local authority" does not include the county council for an area for which there are district councils.

    (4)   Where a member of a local authority operating executive arrangements declines to refer a matter to the crime and disorder committee under subsection (3)(b), the person who asked him to consider it may refer the matter to the executive of that authority.

    (5)   Where a matter is referred under subsection (4) to the executive of a local authority—

      (a) the executive shall consider the matter and respond to the person who referred the matter to it, indicating what (if any) action it proposes to take;

      (b) the executive may refer the matter to the crime and disorder committee.

    (6)   The crime and disorder committee shall consider any local crime and disorder matter—

      (a) referred to it by a member of the local authority in question (whether under subsection (3)(b) or not), or

      (b) referred to it under subsection (5),

    and may make a report or recommendations to the local authority with respect to it.

    (7)   Where the crime and disorder committee makes a report or recommendations under subsection (6) it shall provide a copy to such of the responsible authorities and to such of the co-operating persons and bodies as it thinks appropriate.

    (8)   An authority, person or body to which a copy of a report or recommendations is provided under subsection (2) or (7) shall—

      (a) consider the report or recommendations;

      (b) respond to the crime and disorder committee indicating what (if any) action it proposes to take;

      (c) have regard to the report or recommendations in exercising its functions.

    (9)   In the case of a local authority operating executive arrangements—

      (a) the crime and disorder committee is to be an overview and scrutiny committee of the authority (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22));

      (b) a reference in subsection (1)(b) or (6) to making a report or recommendations to the local authority is to be read as a reference to making a report or recommendations to the local authority or the executive.

    (10)   Schedule (Further provision about crime and disorder committees of certain local authorities) (which makes further provision, corresponding to that made by section 21 of the Local Government Act 2000, about the crime and disorder committees of local authorities not operating executive arrangements) has effect.

    (11)   In this section—

             "crime and disorder functions" means functions conferred by or under section 6 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (formulation and implementation of crime and disorder strategies);

             "executive arrangements" means executive arrangements under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22);

             "local authority" means—

      (a) in relation to England, a county council, a district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

      (b) in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council;

    "local crime and disorder matter", in relation to a member of a local authority, means a matter concerning—

      (c) crime and disorder (including in particular forms of crime and disorder that involve anti-social behaviour or other behaviour adversely affecting the local environment) in the area represented by the member, or

      (d) the misuse of drugs, alcohol and other substances in that area.'.

As Amendments to Hazel Blears's proposed New Clause (Local authority scrutiny of crime and disorder matters) (NC8):—

   

Nick Herbert

(a)

Line     23,     at end insert—

      '(aa) the councillor may refer the matter to the responsible authority;'.

   

Nick Herbert

(b)

Line     24,     at beginning insert 'if the matter is not resolved by the responsible authority'.



 
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