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	15
	House of Commons
	Tuesday 3rd July 2007
	Public Bill Committee Proceedings
	Serious Crime Bill [Lords]
	[fifth and sixth SITTINGS]
		Clauses 12 to 14 Agreed to.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Withdrawn  109
	Clause  15,  page  9,  line  29,  at end insert ‘or non-disclosure is authorised under any
	other enactment’.
		Clause Agreed to.
		Clause 16 Agreed to.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
	Nick Herbert
		Negatived on division  110
	Clause  17,  page  10,  line  15,  leave out ‘5 years’ and insert ‘1 year’.
	Nick Herbert
		Not called  176
	Clause  17,  page  10,  line  22,  leave out ‘5 years’ and insert ‘1 year’.
	Mr Jeremy Browne
		Negatived on division  9
	Clause  17,  page  10,  line  24,  leave out subsections (5) and (6).
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  111
	Clause  17,  page  10,  line  24,  leave out ‘does not’ and insert ‘shall’.
	Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 3rd July 2007           16
	Serious Crime Bill [Lords], continued
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  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.’.
		Clause Agreed to.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  113
	Clause  18,  page  10,  line  29,  at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsections (4) and
	(4A)’.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  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.’.
		Clause Agreed to.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  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.’.
		Clause Agreed to.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  116
	Clause  20,  page  12,  line  19,  leave out paragraph (a).
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  117
	Clause  20,  page  12,  line  23,  leave out ‘a serious’ and insert ‘an’.
	Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 3rd July 2007           17
	Serious Crime Bill [Lords], continued
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  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
		Not called  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
		Not called  120
	Clause  20,  page  12,  line  38,  leave out ‘appropriate’ and insert ‘necessary, just and
	proportionate’.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Withdrawn  121
	Clause  20,  page  12,  line  44,  leave out from ‘concerned;’ to the end of line 1 on page
	13.
		Clause Agreed to.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  122
	Clause  21,  page  13,  line  7,  leave out ‘a serious’ and insert ‘an’.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  123
	Clause  21,  page  13,  line  10,  leave out ‘a serious’ and insert ‘an’.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  124
	Clause  21,  page  13,  line  15,  leave out ‘has reasonable grounds to believe’ and
	insert ‘is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt’.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  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’.
	Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 3rd July 2007           18
	Serious Crime Bill [Lords], continued
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  126
	Clause  21,  page  13,  line  29,  at end insert ‘or by the person who is the subject of the
	order’.
		Clause Agreed to.
		Clauses 22 and 23 Agreed to.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Withdrawn  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).’.
		Clause Agreed to.
		Clauses 25 and 26 Agreed to.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Negatived on division  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’.
		Clause Agreed to.
	Mr Vernon Coaker
		Agreed to  36
	Clause  28,  page  16,  line  28,  after ‘to’, insert ‘—
		(a)     ’.
	Mr Vernon Coaker
		Agreed to  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’.
	Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 3rd July 2007           19
	Serious Crime Bill [Lords], continued
	Mr Vernon Coaker
		Agreed to  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
		Agreed to  39
	Clause  28,  page  16,  line  43,  leave out ‘has effect’ and insert ‘applies for the
	purposes of this section’.
	Mr Vernon Coaker
		Agreed to  40
	Clause  28,  page  17,  line  2,  after ‘appropriate,’, insert ‘in relation’.
	Mr Vernon Coaker
		Agreed to  41
	Clause  28,  page  17,  line  3,  at end insert ‘and the relevant body’s winding up’.
	Mr Vernon Coaker
		Agreed to  42
	Clause  28,  page  17,  line  9,  at end insert—
		‘( )     No petition may be presented to, or order to wind up made by, a court in Scotland
		by virtue of this section in respect of a company, partnership or relevant body
		whose estate may be sequestrated under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985
		(c. 66).’.
	Mr Vernon Coaker
		Agreed to  43
	Clause  28,  page  17,  line  28,  leave out ‘Scotland or’.
		Clause, as amended, Agreed to.
	Mr Vernon Coaker
		Agreed to  44
	Clause  29,  page  18,  line  8,  after ‘to’, insert ‘—
		(a)     ’.
	Mr Vernon Coaker
		Agreed to  45
	Clause  29,  page  18,  line  8,  leave out ‘as if it were’ and insert ‘; and
		(b)     the company’s winding up;
		as it applies in relation to’.
	Mr Vernon Coaker
		Agreed to  46
	Clause  29,  page  18,  line  9,  leave out ‘(petition for’ and insert ‘for the winding up of
	a company and the company’s winding up (’.
	Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 3rd July 2007           20
	Serious Crime Bill [Lords], continued
	Mr Vernon Coaker
		Agreed to  47
	Clause  29,  page  18,  line  22,  leave out ‘has effect’ and insert ‘applies for the
	purposes of this section’.
	Mr Vernon Coaker
		Agreed to  48
	Clause  29,  page  18,  line  25,  after ‘appropriate,’, insert ‘in relation’.
	Mr Vernon Coaker
		Agreed to  49
	Clause  29,  page  18,  line  26,  at end insert ‘and the relevant body’s winding up’.
		Clause, as amended, Agreed to.
		Clauses 30 to 33 Agreed to.
	Nick Herbert
	Mr Crispin Blunt
		Negatived on division  18
	Clause  34,  page  22,  line  35,  leave out ‘civil’ and insert ‘criminal’.
	Nick Herbert
	Mr Crispin Blunt
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  19
	Clause  34,  page  22,  line  36,  leave out subsection (2).
		Clause Agreed to.
	Nick Herbert
	Mr Crispin Blunt
		Not called  20
	Clause  35,  page  22,  line  40,  leave out ‘civil’ and insert ‘criminal’.
	Nick Herbert
	Mr Crispin Blunt
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  21
	Clause  35,  page  23,  line  1,  leave out subsection (2).
	Nick Herbert
	Mr Crispin Blunt
		Not called  22
	Clause  35,  page  23,  line  3,  leave out subsection (3).
	Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 3rd July 2007           21
	Serious Crime Bill [Lords], continued
	Mr Vernon Coaker
		Agreed to  50
	Clause  35,  page  23,  line  9,  leave out subsections (4) and (5) and insert—
		‘(4)     The Crown Court, when exercising its jurisdiction in England and Wales under
		this Part, is a criminal court for the purposes of Part 7 of the Courts Act 2003
		(c. 39) (procedure rules and practice directions).’.
		Clause, as amended, Agreed to.
		Clause 36 Agreed to.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Withdrawn  133
	Schedule  2,  page  54,  line  28,  leave out paragraph 2.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  134
	Schedule  2,  page  55,  line  26,  leave out paragraph 7.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  135
	Schedule  2,  page  56,  line  17,  leave out paragraph 13.
	Mr Douglas Hogg
		Not called  136
	Schedule  2,  page  57,  line  1,  leave out paragraph 17.
		Schedule Agreed to.
	Mr Jeremy Browne
		Negatived on division  5
	Clause  37,  page  23,  line  35,  at end add—
		‘(3)     Notwithstanding this, the rules on admissibility of evidence to be observed in
		such proceedings shall be the same as those observed in trials on indictment; and
		no person shall be required in such proceedings to answer any question or to
		produce any document which he could not be required to answer or produce in
		similar proceedings in a trial on indictment.’.
		Clause Agreed to.

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