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      (4)
An offence under section 35 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) (tax credit

fraud).

      (5)
An offence at common law of cheating in relation to the public revenue.’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

29

Schedule  1,  page  52,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘Armed robbery etc.

18A(1)
An offence under section 8(1) of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 16

(N.I.)) (robbery) where the use or threat of force involves a firearm, an

imitation firearm or an offensive weapon.

      (2)
An offence at common law of an assault with intent to rob where the assault

involves a firearm, imitation firearm or an offensive weapon.

      (3)
In this paragraph—

“firearm” and “imitation firearm” have the meaning given by Article 2(2) of

the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/702 (N.I.3));

“offensive weapon” means any weapon to which section 141 of the

Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) (offensive weapons) applies.’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

30

Schedule  1,  page  52,  line  4,  leave out ‘either’ and insert ‘any’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

31

Schedule  1,  page  52,  line  8,  at end insert—

‘(c)
section 329 (acquisition, use and possession of criminal property).’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

32

Schedule  1,  page  52,  line  10,  at beginning insert—

      ‘()
An offence under section 17 of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 16

(N.I.)) (false accounting).’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

33

Schedule  1,  page  52,  line  19,  at end insert—

‘Offences in relation to public revenue

20A(1)
An offence under section 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act

1979 (c. 2) (fraudulent evasion of duty etc.) so far as not falling within

paragraph 15(2)(c) or 17(1)(b) above.

      (2)
An offence under section 72 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23)

(fraudulent evasion of VAT etc.).

      (3)
An offence under section 144 of the Finance Act 2000 (c. 17) (fraudulent

evasion of income tax).

      (4)
An offence under section 35 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) (tax credit

fraud).

      (5)
An offence at common law of cheating in relation to the public revenue.’.

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Mr Douglas Hogg

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Page  47,  line  2,  leave out Schedule 1.

Mr Vernon Coaker

34

Page  4,  line  35,  leave out Clause 4.

Mr Vernon Coaker

35

Page  120,  line  1,  leave out Schedule 13.

Mr Douglas Hogg

87

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  5,  leave out subsection (2).

Mr Douglas Hogg

88

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  7,  leave out ‘ignore’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

89

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  8,  at beginning insert ‘ignore’.

Mr Jeremy Browne

6

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  10,  leave out paragraph (b).

Mr Douglas Hogg

90

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  10,  leave out ‘subject to this’ and insert ‘have regard to’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

94

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  12,  leave out subsection (3).

Mr Douglas Hogg

91

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  15,  leave out ‘ignore’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

92

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  16,  at beginning insert ‘ignore’.

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Mr Douglas Hogg

93

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  18,  leave out ‘subject to this’ and insert ‘have regard to’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

95

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  20,  leave out subsection (4).

Mr Douglas Hogg

96

Clause  6,  page  5,  leave out lines 22 to 24 and insert—

‘(1)
The Court may make orders specified in subsections (3), (4) and (5) below.’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

97

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  29,  leave out ‘Examples of’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

98

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  31,  after ‘orders’, insert ‘may’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

99

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  40,  leave out ‘Examples of’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

100

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  42,  after ‘orders’, insert ‘may’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

101

Clause  6,  page  6,  line  4,  leave out ‘Examples of’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

102

Clause  6,  page  6,  line  5,  after ‘orders’, insert ‘may’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

103

Clause  6,  page  6,  line  25,  leave out from ‘orders’ to ‘prohibitions’ in line 27 and

insert ‘may not include’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

104

Clause  10,  page  7,  line  20,  at end insert—

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‘(1A)
No serious crime prevention order shall be made unless the High Court is satisfied

that it would be fair to the person making representations under subsection (1) and

was proportionate having regard to the interests of that person and to the public

interest.’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

105

Clause  10,  page  7,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
No variation of a serious crime order may be made unless the High Court is

satisfied that the variation would be fair to the person making representations

under subsection (2) and was proportionate having regard to the interests of that

person and to the public interest.’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

106

Clause  10,  page  7,  line  32,  at end insert—

‘(3A)
No serious crime order shall be discharged, in whole or in part, if the High Court

considers the discharge to be unfair to the person making representations under

subsection (3) or to any person affected by it, or disproportionate having regard

to the interests of any person and to the public interest.’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

107

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
The subject of a serious crime prevention order is not bound by it unless, not less

than 56 days before the date on which the application for the making of the order

was heard, the subject was served with a notice setting out the terms of the

proposed order together with a copy of all the written evidence and a summary of

all the oral evidence that would be relied upon.’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

108

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  11,  at end insert ‘but if a court is satisfied that the subject of

a serious crime prevention order has not received that notice and is not otherwise aware

of its terms, the notice shall be deemed not to have been served.’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

109

Clause  15,  page  9,  line  29,  at end insert ‘or non-disclosure is authorised under any

other enactment’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

110

Clause  17,  page  10,  line  15,  leave out ‘5 years’ and insert ‘1 year’.

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Mr Jeremy Browne

9

Clause  17,  page  10,  line  24,  leave out subsections (5) and (6).

Mr Douglas Hogg

111

Clause  17,  page  10,  line  24,  leave out ‘does not’ and insert ‘shall’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

112

Clause  17,  page  10,  line  25,  at end insert ‘unless a period of not less than 12 months

has elapsed since the date when the order, or any provision of an order, ceases to be in

force.’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

113

Clause  18,  page  10,  line  29,  at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsections (4) and

(4A)’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

114

Clause  18,  page  11,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘(4A)
If a change in circumstances is identified under subsection (4), the court may vary

the serious crime prevention order to the extent that the court considers that the

order has become unfair to the subject of the order or that the terms of the order

are disproportionate having regard to that person’s interests or to the public

interest.’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

115

Clause  19,  page  11,  line  41,  at end insert—

‘(3A)
If a change in circumstances is identified under subsection (3) and the court

considers that the order or any provision thereof has—

(a)
become unfair to the subject of the order, or

(b)
disproportionate having regard to the interests of that person and the

public interest,


the court may discharge the order or any provision thereof to the extent that it

thinks fit.’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

116

Clause  20,  page  12,  line  19,  leave out paragraph (a).

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Mr Douglas Hogg

117

Clause  20,  page  12,  line  23,  leave out ‘a serious’ and insert ‘an’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

118

Clause  20,  page  12,  line  23,  at end insert ‘in respect of which has been sentenced to

an immediate term of imprisonment of not less than seven years and to whom section

1(ab) of this Act applies’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

119

Clause  20,  page  12,  line  25,  leave out ‘it has reasonable grounds to believe’ and

insert ‘is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

120

Clause  20,  page  12,  line  38,  leave out ‘appropriate’ and insert ‘necessary, just and

proportionate’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

121

Clause  20,  page  12,  line  44,  leave out from ‘concerned;’ to the end of line 1 on page

13.

Mr Douglas Hogg

122

Clause  21,  page  13,  line  7,  leave out ‘a serious’ and insert ‘an’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

123

Clause  21,  page  13,  line  10,  leave out ‘a serious’ and insert ‘an’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

124

Clause  21,  page  13,  line  15,  leave out ‘has reasonable grounds to believe’ and

insert ‘is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

125

Clause  21,  page  13,  line  17,  at end insert ‘or if it considers that there has been a

change of circumstances and that, by reason of that change, the order has become unfair

to any person affected by it including the person who is the subject of the order’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

126

Clause  21,  page  13,  line  29,  at end insert ‘or by the person who is the subject of the

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order’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

127

Clause  24,  page  15,  line  9,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
An appeal against a decision of the High Court in relation to a serious crime

prevention order may be made to the Court of Appeal by—

(a)
the person who is the subject of the order;

(b)
the relevant applicant authority; or

(c)
by any person who was given an opportunity to make representations in

the proceedings concerned by virtue of section 10(1), (2) or (as the case

may be) (3).’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

128

Clause  27,  page  16,  line  4,  at end insert ‘only where the court considers it just and

proportionate to make such an order of forfeiture’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

36

Clause  28,  page  16,  line  28,  after ‘to’, insert ‘—

(a)
’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

37

Clause  28,  page  16,  line  29,  leave out ‘as if it were’ and insert ‘; and

(b)
the company’s winding up;


as it applies in relation to’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

38

Clause  28,  page  16,  line  30,  leave out ‘(petition for’ and insert ‘for the winding up

of a company and the company’s winding up (’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

39

Clause  28,  page  16,  line  43,  leave out ‘has effect’ and insert ‘applies for the

purposes of this section’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

40

Clause  28,  page  17,  line  2,  after ‘appropriate,’, insert ‘in relation’.