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Amendments proposed to the Police and Justice Bill - continued	House of Commons

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Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood
Mr David Heath

Page 74, line 11 [Schedule 2], leave out paragraphs 24 to 26.

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood
Mr David Heath

Page 74, line 14 [Schedule 2], after 'Where', insert 'following a recommendation of the Chief Inspector for Justice, Community Safety and Custody, or a request from a police authority responsible for maintaining a police force,'.

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood
Mr David Heath

Page 74, line 21 [Schedule 2], after 'Where', insert 'following a recommendation of the Chief Inspector for Justice, Community Safety and Custody, or a request from a police authority responsible for maintaining a police force,'.

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood
Mr David Heath

Page 75 [Schedule 2], leave out lines 7 to 18.

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood
Mr David Heath

Page 75, line 36 [Schedule 2], after 'Where', insert 'following a recommendation of the Chief Inspector for Justice, Community Safety and Custody'.

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood
Mr David Heath

Page 75, line 41 [Schedule 2], after 'Where', insert 'following a recommendation of the Chief Inspector for Justice, Community Safety and Custody'.

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood
Mr David Heath

Page 76 [Schedule 2], leave out lines 17 to 27.

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

Page 81, line 20 [Schedule 4], leave out from 'necessary' to end of line 29 and insert 'to secure that the person surrenders to custody.'.

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

Page 81, line 29 [Schedule 4], at end insert—

'(3C) Subject to subsection (3A), where a trained constable releases a person on bail under subsection (1) the trained constable may impose, as conditions of the bail, such requirements as appear to the trained constable to be necessary—

(a)	to secure that the person does not commit an offence while on bail,

(b)	to secure that the person does not interfere with witnesses or otherwise obstruct the course of justice, whether in relation to himself or any other person, or

(c)	for the person's own protection, or if the person is under the age of 17, for the person's own welfare or in the person's own interests.'.

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

Page 81, line 32 [Schedule 4], at end insert—

'(4A) In this section a "trained constable" means a constable who has appropriate training and expertise to enable him to make a reasonable and informed assessment of the need for and proportionality of the conditions of bail.'.

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

Page 81, line 32 [Schedule 4], at end insert—

'(5) Conditions of bail imposed under subsection (3B) shall expire on the earlier of—

(a)	the time at which the person attends at a police station; and

(b)	72 hours from the time at which the person was released on bail.'.

Lynne Featherstone
Martin Horwood

Page 84, line 10 [Schedule 4], leave out paragraph 6 and insert—

(1)

In section 47(1A):

(2)	After section 47(1A) there is inserted—

(1AB) The power to impose conditions of bail under this subsection shall be subject to section 47B below.

(1AC) In subsection (1AA), 'the normal powers to impose conditions of bail' has the meaning given in section 3(6) of the Bail Act 1976.".

(3)	After section 47A the following clause is inserteted—

Limits on duration of bail conditions without charge

(1) Any relevant conditions on bail shall not last for more than 28 days after the relevant time.

(2) 'Relevant conditions' in this section are any conditions of bail imposed on a person under section 47(1AB) above.

(3) For the purposes of this section 41 'the relevant time' has the meaning given in section 41, subsections (2) to (5), subject to the following modification; for 'the period of detention of' in subsection (2) there is substituted 'duration of bail conditions imposed on'.

(4) Any relevant conditions still in force 28 days after the relevant time shall lapse.

(5) A person whose bail conditions lapse under subsection (4) above shall not be re-arrested without a warrant for the offence for which he was previously arrested unless new evidence justifying a further arrest has come to light since his release; but this subsection does not prevent an arrest under subsection 46A above.".'.

Secretary John Reid

Page 91, line 27 [Schedule 7], leave out lines 27 and 28 and insert—

'(a)	", 6A(1)" is omitted;

(b)	after "regulations under" there is inserted "section 6 or 17A or"'.