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order, any recommendation by the Board as to immediate release on

licence is to be a recommendation as to his release on licence until the end

of one of the licence periods specified by virtue of section 183(1)(b) in

the intermittent custody order.

(7)	The Secretary of State may by order amend the number of days for the

time being specified in subsection (4)(a).

255D	Extended sentence prisoners

(1)	The Secretary of State must refer to the Board the case of any extended

sentence prisoner.

(2)	Where on a reference under subsection (1) relating to any person the

Board recommends his immediate release on licence under this Chapter,

the Secretary of State must give effect to the recommendation.”’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

13

Clause  16,  page  10,  line  35,  at end insert ‘, subject to the agreement of a Crown

Court judge’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

14

Clause  16,  page  11,  leave out line 25 and 26.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

84

Clause  16,  page  11,  line  38,  leave out first ‘is’ and insert ‘and the Board are’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

85

Clause  16,  page  12,  leave out lines 13 and 14.

Mr David Hanson

75

Clause  16,  page  12,  line  29,  leave out ‘254A(7), 254B(4) or 254C(2)’ and insert

‘255B(4), 255C(4) or 255D(1)’.

Mr David Hanson

76

Clause  16,  page  12,  leave out lines 34 and 35 and insert—

‘“	section 255A(9),

section 255C(7),”.’.

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Mr David Hanson

77

Clause  17,  page  12,  line  43,  at end insert—

‘( )	In consequence of the amendments made by section 16 and this section, the

heading to section 256 becomes “Review by the Board”.’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

86

Clause  18,  page  13,  line  22,  after ‘may,’, insert ‘with the approval of the Lord

Chief Justice or a judge designated by him,’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

87

Clause  19,  page  14,  line  29,  at end add—

‘(10)

For the avoidance of doubt there is a rebuttable presumption that any prisoner of

a category referred to in section 46ZA will be removed from the United Kingdom

following his release without prejudice to any existing rights not to be, or

protections from being, removed under British or European Union law.’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

88

Clause  20,  page  15,  line  28,  at end add—

‘(9)	For the avoidance of doubt there is a rebuttable presumption that any prisoner of

a category referred to in section 259A will be removed from the United Kingdom

following his release without prejudice to any existing rights not to be, or

protections from being, removed under British or European Union law.’.

Mr David Hanson

21

Clause  21,  page  16,  line  8,  leave out from ‘been’ to ‘but’ in line 10 and insert ‘dealt

with by such a court for any offence other than the offence and any connected offence on

only one previous occasion’.

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Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

89

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  24,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘50’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

90

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  24,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘45’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

91

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  24,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘35’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

92

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  24,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘30’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

93

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  24,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘25’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

94

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  32,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘50’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

95

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  32,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘45’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

96

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  32,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘35’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

97

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  32,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘30’.

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Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

98

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  32,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘25’.

Mr David Hanson

49

Schedule  5,  page  150,  line  32,  leave out ‘“convicted”’ and insert ‘“conviction”’.

Mr David Hanson

50

Schedule  5,  page  151,  line  8,   leave out ‘and’ and insert—

‘(aa)

in paragraph (aa), for the words following “conviction” there were

substituted “must be, in the case of an amount in default which is

specified in the first column of the following Table, not more than the

number of hours set out opposite that amount in the second column.

	TABLE
	Amount	Number of
		hours
	An amount not exceeding £250	8
	An amount exceeding £250 but	14
	not exceeding £500
	An amount exceeding £500	24”,’.

Mr David Hanson

51

Schedule  5,  page  151,  line  9,  leave out ‘18”’ and insert ‘12”’.

Mr David Hanson

52

Schedule  5,  page  151,  line  17,  leave out ‘12’ and insert ‘10’.

Mr David Hanson

53

Schedule  5,  page  151,  line  19,  leave out ‘16”’ and insert ‘12”’.

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Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

100

Clause  26,  page  19,  line  23,  at end insert ‘and they have a certificate from the trial

judge confirming that the evidence heard by him and the jury was sufficient to prove the

prosecution case and that he had admitted and the jury had considered, and been directed

by him in relation to, the relevance of any evidence of the procedural or other

misconduct.’.

Mr David Hanson

78

Clause  26,  page  19,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘( )	In that section, after subsection (1B) (inserted by subsection (2) above) insert—

“(1C)

In determining whether a conviction is unsafe for the purposes of

subsection (1)(a) the Court of Appeal may, if they think it appropriate in

all the circumstances of the case, disregard any development in the law

since the date of the conviction.” ’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

101

Clause  26,  page  20,  leave out line 6 and add ‘may, as the Court think fit in the interests

of justice in that case, either direct that there be a retrial or that the appellant be

acquitted.”’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

102

Clause  26,  page  20,  line  6,  at end add ‘, who must initiate or not initiate such

criminal or civil proceedings (or both) as he thinks best suit the justice of the case (taking

into account the impact on the victim of the offence or his family of his decision either to

proceed or not) and which decision either to proceed or not will provide the most suitable

redress to the subject of such misconduct, deter any such misconduct in the future and

restore public confidence in the criminal justice system.”’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

99

Page  19,  line  18,  leave out Clause 26.

Mr David Hanson

79

Clause  28,  page  20,  line  14,  leave out ‘In’.

Mr David Hanson

80

Clause  28,  page  20,  line  14,  after ‘sentencing)’ insert ‘is amended as follows.’.

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Mr David Hanson

81

Clause  28,  page  20,  line  16,  after ‘to’ insert ‘a case in which the judge made’.

Mr David Hanson

82

Clause  28,  page  20,  line  17,  leave out ‘order under that section’ and insert

‘sentence’.

Mr David Hanson

83

Clause  28,  page  20,  line  28,  at end add—

‘( )	In subsection (9) after paragraph (b) insert ‘‘and—

(ba)	the reference in subsection (3A) to an order specified in

subsection (3B) shall be construed as a reference to an order

under Article 5(1) of the Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order

2001.” ’.

Mr David Hanson

54

Schedule  21,  page  218,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘Criminal Justice Act 1961 (c. 39)

2A	In section 38(3)(c) of the Criminal Justice Act 1961 (construction of references

to imprisonment or detention in case of children and young persons) after “in

accordance with” insert “a determination of the Secretary of State or of a

person authorised by him, in accordance with arrangements made by the

Secretary of State or in accordance with”.’.

Mr David Hanson

55

Schedule  21,  page  220,  leave out line 6 and insert—

‘8A	The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 has effect subject to the

following amendments.

9	In section 19(4)’.

Mr David Hanson

56

Schedule  21,  page  220,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘9A	In section 92 (detention under sections 90 and 91: place of detention etc.) omit

subsection (3).’.

Mr David Hanson

57

Schedule  22,  page  223,  line  22,  at end insert—

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‘5A	In subsection (5) of section 148 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)

(restrictions on imposing community sentences), as inserted by section 11 of

this Act, the reference to a youth rehabilitation order is to be read as including

a reference to any youth community order within the meaning of section

147(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) (as it has effect immediately

before the commencement of paragraph 58 of Schedule 4 to this Act).’.

Mr David Hanson

58

Schedule  23,  page  228,  line  15,  at end insert—

	‘Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968	In section 94(1), in the definition of “supervision
	(c. 49)	order”, the words “the Powers of Criminal Courts
		(Sentencing) Act 2000 or”.’.

Mr David Hanson

59

Schedule  23,  page  228,  line  16,  column 2,  at beginning insert—

‘Section 25.’.

Mr David Hanson

60

Schedule  23,  page  228,  line  17,  at end insert—

	‘Northern Ireland (Modification of	In Schedule 1, the entry relating to section 25(2) of
	Enactments — No. 1) Order	the Children and Young Persons Act 1969.
	1973 (S.I. 1973/2163)
	Transfer of Functions (Local	In Schedule 2, the entry relating to section 25 of the
	Government, etc.) (Northern	Children and Young Persons Act 1969.’.
	Ireland) Order 1973 (S.R. & O.
	1973 No. 256)

Mr David Hanson

61

Schedule  23,  page  229,  line  2,  column 2,  leave out ‘paragraph’ and insert

‘paragraphs 15(b) and’.

Mr David Hanson

62

Schedule  23,  page  229,  line  11,  column 2,  at end insert—

‘In Schedule 13, paragraph 35(3).’.

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