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.
Bill 1
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Contents
Part 1
Youth rehabilitation orders
1
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
ii
18
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
iii
41
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.
iv
66
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
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
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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
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.