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Notices of Amendments: 18th October 2007                

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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

131

 

Schedule  2,  page  108,  line  36,  leave out from ‘ways’ to end of line 37.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

132

 

Schedule  2,  page  111,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(za)    

a youth rehabilitation order is still in force, and’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

133

 

Schedule  2,  page  111,  line  9,  leave out from ‘ways’ to end of line 10.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

134

 

Schedule  2,  page  106,  line  40,  leave out paragraphs 3 and 4.

 

Principal aim of the youth justice system

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

NC13

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 37 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37) (aim of the youth justice

 

system) is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In subsection (1), after “preventing offending” insert “including re-offending)”.

 

(3)    

At end insert—

 

“(3)    

Subsection (2) above is subject to section 142A(2) of the Criminal Justice

 

Act 2003 (which requires a court to have a regard primarily to the welfare

 

and well-being of offenders aged under 18 in accordance with its duties

 

under section 44 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933).”.’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 18th October 2007                

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Courts to have regard to the welfare and well-being of offenders under 18

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

nc14

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 44 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (principles to be

 

observed by all courts in dealing with children and young persons: general

 

considerations) is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In subsection (1) after “shall have regard to the welfare”, insert “and well-being”.

 

(3)    

After subsection (1) insert—

 

“(1A)    

In complying with their duties under subsection (1), courts shall have

 

regard in particular to the following matters—

 

(a)    

in respect of welfare, the matters set out in section 1(3) of the

 

Children Act 1989; and

 

(b)    

in respect of well-being, the matters set out in section 10(2) of the

 

Children Act 2004.”’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

135

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  25,  leave out subsection (1) and insert—

 

‘(1)    

After section 142 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) insert—

 

“142A

  Purposes etc. of sentencing: offenders aged under 18

 

(1)    

This section applies where a court is dealing with an offender aged under

 

18 in respect of an offence.

 

(2)    

The court must have regard primarily to the welfare and well-being of the

 

offender, in accordance with its duties under section 44 of the Children

 

and Young Persons Act 1933.

 

(3)    

The court must ensure a proportionate response to offending behaviour.

 

(4)    

The court must also—

 

(a)    

have regard to the purposes of sentencing mentioned in

 

subsection (5), in so far as it is not required to do so by subsection

 

(2), and

 

(b)    

in accordance with section 37 of the Crime and Disorder Act

 

1998, have regard to the principal aim of the youth justice

 

system, namely to prevent offending (including re-offending) by

 

children and young persons.

 

(5)    

The purposes of sentencing are—

 

(a)    

the reform and rehabilitation of offenders,

 

(b)    

the protection of the public, and

 

(c)    

the making of reparation by offenders to persons affected by

 

their offences.

 

(6)    

This section does not apply—

 

(a)    

to an offence the sentence for which is fixed by law,


 
 

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(b)    

in relation to the making of a hospital order (with or without a

 

restriction order), an interim hospital order, a hospital direction

 

or a limitation direction under Part 3 of the Mental Health Act

 

1983.

 

(7)    

In respect of a proportionate response, as stated in subsection (3), this

 

shall be considered to mean a variety of dispositions, such as care,

 

guidance and supervision orders; counselling; probation; foster care;

 

education and vocational training programmes and other alternatives to

 

institutional care, in a manner proportionate both to their circumstances

 

and the offence.’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

136

 

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  20,  leave out subsections (3) and (4).

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

137

 

Clause  12,  page  8,  line  23,  after ‘below,’, insert ‘if the offender is over the age of

 

18 years,’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

138

 

Clause  16,  page  11,  line  15,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

if the person is under the age of 18, at the date of his or her return to

 

prison.’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

139

 

Clause  16,  page  12,  line  3,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

if the person is under the age of 18, at the date of his or her return to

 

prison.’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

140

 

Clause  21,  page  16,  line  8,  leave out ‘of only one offence other than the’ and insert

 

‘on only one occasion for an’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 18th October 2007                

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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

141

 

Clause  21,  page  16,  line  10,  leave out from ‘offence’ to end of line 11 and insert ‘;

 

or

 

(iii)    

if they have previously been referred to a youth offender panel

 

under section 16 above, a futher referral has been recommended

 

by—

 

(a)    

a member of a youth offending team,

 

(b)    

an officer of a local probation team, or

 

(c)    

a social worker of a local authority.’.

 

Extension of a referral order

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

nc15

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Schedule 1 to the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is amended

 

as follows.

 

(2)    

In paragraph 5(1) for “power” substitute “powers”.

 

(3)    

For paragraph 5(2) substitute—

 

“(2)    

Those powers are the powers to revoke the referral order (or each of the

 

referral orders) or extend it by up to 3 months.”.

 

(4)    

In paragraph 5(5) for “so dealing with the offender” substitute “revoking an order

 

for an offence specified in sub-paragraph (4).”.

 

(5)    

In paragraph 5(6) after “The appropriate court may not exercise the” insert

 

“revocation”.’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

142

 

Schedule  11,  page  161,  leave out line 40.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

143

 

Schedule  11,  page  162,  leave out line 3 to 6 and insert ‘a condition that the offender

 

attend at a specified place at specified times, but may not include a condition that the

 

offender pay a financial penalty’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 18th October 2007                

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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

144

 

Schedule  11,  page  162,  line  41,  leave out from beginning to end of line 20 on page

 

163.

 

Accommodation in which persons aged under 18 may be detained

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

NC16

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

No person aged under 18 shall be detained in a young offender institution or a

 

secure training centre unless the Secretary of State certifies that he can be

 

detained safely.

 

(2)    

In section 107(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing Act) 2000

 

(meaning of “youth detention accommodation”)—

 

(a)    

omit paragraphs (a) and (b); and

 

(b)    

in paragraph (c) after “by order specify” insert “but not including a secure

 

training centre or young offender institution”.

 

(3)    

At the end of section 92(1)(b) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act

 

2000 (detention under sections 90 and 91: place of detention etc.) substitute the

 

full stop for a comma.

 

(4)    

At the end of section 92(1) insert “provided that such place is not a secure training

 

centre or young offender institution”.

 

(5)    

Omit sections 23(7A) and (7B) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969.

 

(6)    

Omit section 98 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

145

 

Clause  30,  page  21,  line  17,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

146

 

Clause  30,  page  21,  line  30,  leave out subsection (7).


 
 

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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

147

 

Clause  31,  page  22,  line  6,  leave out ‘one year’ and insert ‘3 years’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

148

 

Clause  31,  page  22,  line  14,  leave out ‘three’ and insert ‘12’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

149

 

Clause  32,  page  22,  line  37,  leave out ‘before’ and insert ‘after’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

150

 

Clause  32,  page  23,  line  11,  after ‘complainant’, insert ‘in writing’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

151

 

Clause  32,  page  23,  line  14,  after ‘Notification’, insert ‘to persons other than the

 

complainant’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

152

 

Clause  33,  page  23,  line  27,  at beginning insert ‘not’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 18th October 2007                

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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

153

 

Clause  35,  page  24,  line  31,  at end insert ‘, including an offence under the

 

Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007,’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

154

 

Clause  36,  page  25,  line  32,  at end add—

 

‘(8)    

A report published by the Commissioner, whether or not published with the

 

consent of a complainant or his personal representatives, and a fair and accurate

 

report published by another person of any such report if published

 

contemporaneously, are for the purposes of the law of defamation published on

 

an occasion of absolute privilege.’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

155

 

Page  25,  line  33,  leave out Clause 37.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

156

 

Clause  37,  page  25,  line  36,  leave out subsection (2).

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

157

 

Schedule  10,  page  160,  line  38,  at end add—

 

‘A local authority in any part of the United Kingdom which owns or

 

manages secure accommodation.’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

158

 

Schedule  6,  page  154,  line  32,  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert


 
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