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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Ministry of Justice, are published

separately as Bill 1—EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Secretary Jack Straw has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the

Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill are compatible

with the Convention rights.

 

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Contents

Part 1

Youth rehabilitation orders

Youth rehabilitation orders

1   

Youth rehabilitation orders

2   

Breach, revocation or amendment of youth rehabilitation orders

3   

Transfer of youth rehabilitation orders to Northern Ireland

4   

Meaning of “the responsible officer”

5   

Responsible officer and offender: duties in relation to the other

Supplementary

6   

Abolition of certain youth orders and related amendments

7   

Youth rehabilitation orders: interpretation

8   

Isles of Scilly

Part 2

Sentencing

General sentencing provisions

9   

Purposes etc. of sentencing: offenders aged under 18

10   

Abolition of suspended sentences for summary offences

11   

Restriction on imposing community sentences

Custodial sentences and release

12   

Indeterminate sentences: determination of tariffs

13   

Consecutive terms of imprisonment

14   

Minimum conditions for early release under section 246(1) of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003

15   

Application of section 35(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 to prisoners liable

to removal from the UK

16   

Release of prisoners after recall

17   

Further review and release of prisoners after recall

 

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Recall of life prisoners: abolition of requirement for recommendation by

Parole Board

Early removal of prisoners from the United Kingdom

19   

Removal under Criminal Justice Act 1991 (offences before 4th April 2005 etc.)

20   

Removal under Criminal Justice Act 2003

Other sentencing provisions

21   

Referral orders: referral conditions

Enforcement of sentences

22   

Imposition of unpaid work requirement for breach of community order

23   

Youth default orders

24   

Power to impose attendance centre requirement on fine defaulter

25   

Disclosure of information for enforcing fines

Part 3

Appeals

26   

Appeals against conviction

27   

Determination of prosecution appeals

28   

Review of sentence on reference by Attorney General

Part 4

Her Majesty’s Commissioner for Offender Management and Prisons

The Commissioner

29   

Appointment etc. of Commissioner

Complaints

30   

Eligible complaints: general

31   

Eligible complaints: specific requirements applicable to all complaints

32   

Treatment by Commissioner of complaints

33   

Report on the outcome of an investigation

34   

Recommendations by Commissioner

Investigations into deaths etc.

35   

Investigation of deaths

36   

Reports on the outcome of a death investigation

37   

Investigations requested by the Secretary of State

38   

Reports on the outcome of an investigation under section 37

General powers and duties

39   

Powers of Commissioner to obtain information etc.

40   

Exceptions etc. to Commissioner’s powers under section 39

 
 

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Obstruction and contempt

42   

Working with other ombudsmen etc.

43   

Legal and other representation

Disclosure of information

44   

Disclosure of information etc.

45   

Disclosure prejudicial to national security or contrary to public interest

46   

Notification of matters of potential concern to the police or other authorities

General

47   

Power to pay expenses

48   

Consequential amendments relating to Part 4

49   

The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman

50   

Interpretation of Part 4

51   

Power to modify certain provisions of Part 4

52   

Power to confer new functions on Commissioner

Part 5

Other criminal justice provisions

Alternatives to prosecution

53   

Alternatives to prosecution for offenders under 18

54   

Protection for spent cautions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

55   

Criminal conviction certificates and criminal record certificates

Proceedings in magistrates’ courts

56   

Allocation of offences triable either way etc.

57   

Trial or sentencing in absence of accused in magistrates’ courts

58   

Extension of powers of non-legal staff

Criminal legal aid

59   

Provisional grant of right to representation

60   

Disclosure of information to enable assessment of financial eligibility

61   

Pilot schemes

Miscellaneous

62   

Compensation for miscarriages of justice

63   

Annual report on the Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 1998

Part 6

Criminal law

Pornography etc.

64   

Possession of extreme pornographic images

65   

Exclusion of classified films etc.

 
 

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Defence

67   

Penalties etc. for possession of extreme pornographic images

68   

Indecent photographs of children

69   

Indecent photographs of children (Northern Ireland)

70   

Maximum penalty for publication etc. of obscene articles

Street offences

71   

Amendment to offence of loitering etc. for purposes of prostitution

72   

Orders to promote rehabilitation

73   

Rehabilitation of offenders: orders under section 1(2A) of the Street Offences

Act 1959

Offences relating to nuclear material and nuclear facilities

74   

Offences relating to the physical protection of nuclear material and nuclear

facilities

Penalty for unlawfully obtaining etc. personal data

75   

Imprisonment for unlawfully obtaining etc. personal data

Part 7

International co-operation in relation to criminal justice matters

Mutual recognition of financial penalties

76   

Requests to other member States

77   

Procedure on receipt of certificate by Lord Chancellor

78   

Requests from other member States

79   

Procedure on receipt of certificate by designated officer

80   

Recognition of financial penalties: supplemental

81   

Interpretation of sections 76 to 80

Mutual legal assistance in revenue matters

82   

Power to transfer functions under Crime (International Co-operation) Act

2003 in relation to direct taxation

Part 8

Violent Offender Orders

Violent offender orders

83   

Violent offender orders

84   

Qualifying offenders

85   

Applications for violent offender orders

86   

Making of violent offender orders

87   

Variation, renewal or discharge of violent offender orders

88   

Interim violent offender orders

89   

Appeals

 
 

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Notification requirements

90   

Offenders subject to notification requirements

91   

Notification requirements: initial notification

92   

Notification requirements: changes

93   

Notification requirements: periodic notification

94   

Notification requirements: travel outside United Kingdom

95   

Method of notification and related matters

96   

Notification requirements to be complied with by parents of young offenders

97   

Parental directions: notification requirements imposed on parents of young

offenders

Supplementary

98   

Offences

99   

Supply of information to Secretary of State etc.

100   

Supply of information by Secretary of State etc.

101   

Information about release or transfer

102   

Interpretation of Part 8

Part 9

Anti-social behaviour

Premises closure orders

103   

Closure orders: premises associated with persistent disorder or nuisance

Nuisance or disturbance on hospital premises

104   

Offence of causing nuisance or disturbance on NHS premises

105   

Power to remove person causing nuisance or disturbance

106   

Guidance about the power to remove etc.

107   

Nuisance or disturbance on HSS premises

Anti-social behaviour orders etc. in respect of children and young persons

108   

Review of anti-social behaviour orders etc.

109   

Individual support orders

Parenting contracts and parenting orders

110   

Parenting contracts and parenting orders: local authorities

Part 10

Policing

Misconduct procedures etc.

111   

Police misconduct and performance procedures

112   

Investigation of complaints of police misconduct etc.

 
 

 
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