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House of Commons

Tuesday 10th July 2007

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Other Amendments not tabled within the required notice period are marked thus

Serious Crime Bill [Lords]

Note

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

Committee [26th June 2007].

Mr Douglas Hogg

156

Page  40,  line  17,  leave out Clause 72.

Mr Douglas Hogg

157

Page  40,  line  34,  leave out Clause 73.

Mr Vernon Coaker

239

Schedule  11,  page  115,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘   (1)
Section 302A (powers for prosecutors to appear in proceedings) (as inserted by

section (Powers for prosecutors to appear in cash recovery proceedings)(1)

above) is amended as follows.

      (2)
In subsection (1)—

(a)
after “constable”, in the first place where it appears, insert “or an

accredited financial investigator”; and

(b)
after “constable”, in the second place where it appears, insert “or (as

the case may be) an accredited financial investigator”.

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      (3)
After subsection (3) insert—

“(4)
The references in subsection (1) to an accredited financial investigator

do not include an accredited financial investigator who is an officer of

Revenue and Customs but the references in subsection (2) to an officer

of Revenue and Customs do include an accredited financial

investigator who is an officer of Revenue and Customs.”’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

158

Page  40,  line  38,  leave out Clause 74.

Mr Douglas Hogg

159

Page  41,  line  43,  leave out Clause 75.

Mr Douglas Hogg

160

Clause  78,  page  43,  line  10,  after first ‘may’, insert ‘, without lawful authority or

reasonable excuse,’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

161

Clause  78,  page  43,  line  10,  after ‘firearms’, insert ‘, explosives or any noxious

substance’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

171

Page  43,  line  8,  leave out Clause 78.

Mr Vernon Coaker

188

Clause  79,  page  43,  line  18,  after ‘Secretary of State’, insert ‘, the Treasury’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

189

Clause  79,  page  43,  line  20,  after ‘Secretary of State’, insert ‘or the Treasury’.

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Mr Vernon Coaker

190

Clause  79,  page  43,  line  25,  after ‘Secretary of State’, insert ‘or (as the case may

be) the Treasury’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

164

Clause  79,  page  43,  line  25,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
No order made by the Secretary of State shall amend or repeal any provision of

another Act.’.

Mr Jeremy Browne

12

Clause  79,  page  43,  line  26,  after ‘58(3)’, insert ‘, 63,’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

165

Clause  79,  page  43,  line  26,  leave out ‘or paragraph 100 of Schedule 8’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

163

Clause  79,  page  43,  line  27,  leave out from ‘8,’ to end of line 28 and insert ‘except

under the super-affirmative resolution procedure as set out in section 18 of the Legislative

and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51).’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

166

Clause  79,  page  43,  line  29,  leave out subsections (4) and (5).

Mr Vernon Coaker

200

Clause  79,  page  43,  line  34,  after ‘29(6) or (11),’, insert ‘(Powers to wind up:

supplementary),’.

Mr Jeremy Browne

11

Clause  79,  page  43,  line  34,  leave out ‘or 63’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

191

Clause  79,  page  43,  line  34,  leave out ‘or 63’ and insert ‘, 63 or (Disclosure of

information by Revenue and Customs)’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

162

Clause  80,  page  44,  line  6,  leave out subsection (2).

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Mr Douglas Hogg

167

Page  44,  line  1,  leave out Clause 80.

Maria Eagle

170

Schedule  14,  page  121,  line  41,  at end insert—

‘   (1)
This paragraph applies where, in any proceedings—

(a)
a person (“D”) is charged in respect of the same act both with an

offence under section 41 and with the common law offence of inciting

the commission of another offence;

(b)
the only thing preventing D from being found guilty of the offence

under section 41 is the fact that it has not been proved beyond

reasonable doubt that the time when the act took place was after the

coming into force of that section; and

(c)
the only thing preventing D from being found guilty of the common

law offence is that it has not been proved beyond reasonable doubt that

that time was before the coming into force of section 55.

      (2)
For the purpose of determining D’s guilt it shall be conclusively presumed that

the time when the act took place was before the coming into force of section

41.’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

192

Schedule  15,  page  122,  line  33,  column 2, at end insert—

‘In section 51(1A), the words “, subject to section

33(1A) of this Act,”.’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

193

Schedule  15,  page  127,  line  38,  column 2, at end insert—

‘Section 376.’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

194

Clause  83,  page  44,  line  27,  after ‘(2);’, insert—

‘( )
section (Powers of management receivers and enforcement receivers)(1)

and (2);’.

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Mr Vernon Coaker

201

Clause  83,  page  44,  line  32,  leave out ‘29’ and insert ‘(Powers to wind up:

supplementary)’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

195

Clause  83,  page  45,  line  6,  after ‘(4);’, insert—

‘( )
section (Powers of management receivers and enforcement receivers)(3)

and (4);’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

196

Clause  85,  page  45,  line  41,  leave out subsection (2).

new clauses

Institution of proceedings for an offence under this Part

Maria Eagle

NC8

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
Any provision to which this section applies has effect with respect to an offence

under this Part as it has effect with respect to the anticipated offence.

(2)
This section applies to provisions made by or under an enactment (whenever

passed or made) that—

(a)
provide that proceedings may not be instituted or carried on otherwise

than by, or on behalf or with the consent of, any person (including any

provision which also makes exceptions to the prohibition);

(b)
confer power to institute proceedings;

(c)
confer power to seize and detain property;

(d)
confer a power of forfeiture, including any power to deal with anything

liable to be forfeited.

(3)
In relation to an offence under section 43—

(a)
the reference in subsection (1) to the anticipated offence is to be read as

a reference to any offence specified in the indictment; and

(b)
each of the offences specified in the indictment must be an offence in

respect of which the prosecutor has power to institute proceedings.

(4)
Any consent to proceedings required as a result of this section is in addition to

any consent required by section 50.’.

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No individual liability in respect of corporate manslaughter

Maria Eagle

NC9

To move the following Clause:—

‘In section 18 of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007

(c. 00) (no individual liability for offences under that Act) after subsection (1)

insert—

“(1A)
An individual cannot be guilty of an offence under Part 2 of the Serious

Crime Act 2007 (encouraging or assisting crime) by reference to an

offence of corporate manslaughter.”’.

Code of practice for disclosure of information to prevent fraud

Mr Vernon Coaker

nc11

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
The Secretary of State must prepare, and keep under review, a code of practice

with respect to the disclosure, for the purposes of preventing fraud or a particular

kind of fraud, of information by public authorities as members of specified anti-

fraud organisations or otherwise in accordance with any arrangements made by

such organisations.

(2)
Before preparing or altering the code, the Secretary of State must consult—

(a)
any specified anti-fraud organisation;

(b)
the Information Commissioner; and

(c)
such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

(3)
A public authority must have regard to the code in (or in connection with)

disclosing information, for the purposes of preventing fraud or a particular kind

of fraud, as a member of a specified anti-fraud organisation or otherwise in

accordance with any arrangements made by such an organisation.

(4)
Nothing in this section applies in relation to any disclosure by a relevant public

authority of information whose subject-matter is a matter about which provision

would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament if it were

included in an Act of the Scottish Parliament.

(5)
The Secretary of State must—

(a)
lay a copy of the code, and of any alterations to it, before Parliament; and

(b)
from time to time publish the code as for the time being in force.

(6)
In this section—

“information” and “public authority” have the same meaning as in section

63;

“relevant public authority” has the meaning given by section 63(6); and

“specified anti-fraud organisation” means any person which is a specified

anti-fraud organisation for the purposes of section 63.’.

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Powers of management receivers and enforcement receivers

Mr Vernon Coaker

nc13

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
After section 49(8) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29) (opportunity for

persons to make representations before powers conferred on management

receivers to manage or otherwise deal with property: England and Wales)

insert—

“(8A)
Subsection (8), so far as relating to the power mentioned in subsection

(2)(b), does not apply to property which—

(a)
is perishable; or

(b)
ought to be disposed of before its value diminishes.”

(2)
After section 51(8) of that Act (opportunity for persons to make representations

before powers conferred on enforcement receivers to manage or otherwise deal

with property: England and Wales) insert—

“(8A)
Subsection (8), so far as relating to the power mentioned in subsection

(2)(b), does not apply to property which—

(a)
is perishable; or

(b)
ought to be disposed of before its value diminishes.”

(3)
After section 197(8) of that Act (opportunity for persons to make representations

before powers conferred on management receivers to manage or otherwise deal

with property: Northern Ireland) insert—

“(8A)
Subsection (8), so far as relating to the power mentioned in subsection

(2)(b), does not apply to property which—

(a)
is perishable; or

(b)
ought to be disposed of before its value diminishes.”

(4)
After section 199(8) of that Act (opportunity for persons to make representations

before powers conferred on enforcement receivers to manage or otherwise deal

with property: Northern Ireland) insert—

“(8A)
Subsection (8), so far as relating to the power mentioned in subsection

(2)(b), does not apply to property which—

(a)
is perishable; or

(b)
ought to be disposed of before its value diminishes.”’.

Disclosure of information by Revenue and Customs

Mr Vernon Coaker

nc14

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
This section applies to information held as mentioned in section 18(1) of the

Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11) (confidentiality).

(2)
Information to which this section applies may be disclosed by or with the

authority of the Commissioners of Revenue and Customs—