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(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.’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

89

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  35,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘50’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

90

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  35,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘45’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

91

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

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

92

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  35,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘30’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

93

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  35,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘25’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

94

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  43,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘50’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

95

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  43,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘45’.

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Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

96

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  43,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘35’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

97

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  43,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘30’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

98

Clause  22,  page  16,  line  43,  leave out ‘20’ and insert ‘25’.

Mr David Hanson

49

Schedule  5,  page  155,  line  7,  leave out ‘“convicted”’ and insert ‘“conviction”’.

Mr David Hanson

50

Schedule  5,  page  155,  line  17,   leave out ‘and’ and insert—

‘(aa)

in paragraph (b), 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  155,  line  18,  leave out ‘18”’ and insert ‘12”’.

Mr David Hanson

52

Schedule  5,  page  155,  line  26,  leave out ‘12’ and insert ‘10’.

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53

Schedule  5,  page  155,  line  28,  leave out ‘16”’ and insert ‘12”’.

Mr David Hanson

207

Clause  26,  page  19,  leave out lines 33 to 38 and insert—

‘“(1A)

For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), the conviction is not unsafe if the Court

think that there is no reasonable doubt about the appellant’s guilt.

(1B)	Subsection (1A) does not require the Court to dismiss the appeal if they think that

it would seriously undermine the proper administration of justice to allow the

conviction to stand.” ’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

100

Clause  26,  page  19,  line  34,  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

208

Clause  26,  page  19,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

In section 13 (disposal of appeal against verdict of not guilty by reason of

insanity), after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)

For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), the verdict shall not be regarded as

unsafe for a reason unrelated to the correctness of the finding of insanity

if the Court think that there is no reasonable doubt that the accused did

the act or made the omission charged.

(1B)	Subsection (1A) does not require the Court to dismiss the appeal if they

think that it would seriously undermine the proper administration of

justice to allow the verdict to stand.”

(2B)	In section 16 (disposal of appeal against finding of disability), after subsection (1)

insert—

“(1A)

For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), a finding shall not be regarded as

unsafe for a reason unrelated to the correctness of the finding that the

accused is under a disability if the Court think that there is no reasonable

doubt that the accused did the act or made the omission charged.

(1B)	Subsection (1A) does not require the Court to dismiss the appeal if they

think that it would seriously undermine the proper administration of

justice to allow the finding to stand.”’.

Mr David Hanson

209

Clause  26,  page  20,  line  5,  leave out ‘against conviction’ and insert ‘under this

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Mr Edward Garnier

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Nick Hurd

101

Clause  26,  page  20,  leave out line 14 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  14,  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

Mr David Heath

David Howarth

99

Page  19,  line  29,  leave out Clause 26.

Mr David Hanson

79

Clause  28,  page  20,  line  22,  leave out ‘In’.

Mr David Hanson

80

Clause  28,  page  20,  line  22,  after ‘sentencing)’ insert ‘is amended as follows.’.

Mr David Hanson

81

Clause  28,  page  20,  line  24,  after ‘to’ insert ‘a case in which the judge made’.

Mr David Hanson

82

Clause  28,  page  20,  line  25,  leave out ‘order under that section’ and insert

‘sentence’.

Mr David Hanson

83

Clause  28,  page  20,  line  36,  at end add—

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

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