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House of Commons

Tuesday 27th November 2007

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Other Amendments not tabled within the required notice period are marked thus

Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

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Note

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

Committee [16th October].

Mr David Heath

David Howarth

Clause  71,  page  49,  line  21,  after ‘person’, insert ‘aged 18 or over’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  73,  page  51,  line  42,  leave out subsection (4).

Mr David Hanson

Schedule  15,  page  185,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(ba)

inciting the commission of a nuclear offence;’.

Mr David Hanson

Schedule  15,  page  185,  line  39,  after ‘(2)(b)’ insert ‘, (2)(ba)’.

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Mr David Hanson

Schedule  15,  page  186,  line  3,  at end insert—

‘(5)	In subsection (2)(ba) the reference to incitement is—

(a)	a reference to incitement under the law of Scotland, or

(b)	in relation to any time before the coming into force of Part 2

of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (encouraging or assisting

crime) in relation to England and Wales or Northern Ireland,

a reference to incitement under the common law of England

and Wales or (as the case may be) of Northern Ireland.’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  76,  page  54,  line  4,  after ‘imposed’ insert ‘by a court in England and

Wales’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  76,  page  54,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘( )	any fine or other sum mentioned in section (Requests to other member

States: Northern Ireland)(4)(b)(i) to (iii), or any fine imposed by a court

in Scotland, which is enforceable in a local justice area in England and

Wales by virtue of section 91 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

(c. 43);’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  78,  page  54,  line  45,  at end insert ‘, and

( )	the financial penalty is suitable for enforcement in England and Wales

(see section 80(A1)).’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  78,  page  55,  line  1,  leave out from ‘certificate’ to third ‘the’ and insert

‘states that’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  78,  page  55,  line  6,  leave out from beginning to third ‘the’ in line 7 and

insert ‘Otherwise,’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  78,  page  55,  line  8,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

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Mr David Hanson

Clause  78,  page  55,  line  17,  leave out paragraph (a).

Mr David Hanson

Clause  78,  page  55,  line  22,  at end insert—

‘( )

Where—

(a)	the competent authority or central authority of a member State other than

the United Kingdom gives the central authority for Scotland the

documents mentioned in subsection (1), and

(b)	without taking any action to enforce the financial penalty in Scotland, the

central authority for Scotland gives the documents to the Lord

Chancellor,

this section applies as if the competent authority or central authority gave the

documents to the Lord Chancellor.’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  78,  page  55,  line  23,  leave out subsection (6).

Mr David Hanson

Clause  80,  page  56,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘(A1)

Schedule (Penalties suitable for enforcement in England and Wales or Northern

Irleand) specifies when a financial penalty is suitable for enforcement in England

and Wales for the purposes of section 78(1) and when a financial penalty is

suitable for enforcement in Northern Ireland for the purposes of section (Requests

from other member States: Northern Ireland)(1)’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  80,  page  56,  line  17,  leave out 'and 79(3) and (5)’ and insert ‘, 79(3) and (5),

(Requests from other member States: Northern Ireland)(4)(a) and (Procedure on receipt

of certificate by clerk of petty sessions)(3) and (5)’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  80,  page  56,  line  22,  at end insert—

‘( )	modify the enactments specified in section (Procedure on receipt of

certificate by clerk of petty sessions)(6) in their application to financial

penalties by virtue of that provision, and’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  80,  page  56,  line  27,  at end add—

‘( )	Northern Ireland legislation;

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( )	any instrument made, before the passing of this Act, under

Northern Ireland legislation.’.

Mr David Hanson

Schedule  16,  page  188,  line  27,  leave out ‘England and Wales’ and insert ‘the

relevant part of the United Kingdom’.

Mr David Hanson

Schedule  16,  page  188,  line  28,  leave out ‘England and Wales’ and insert ‘that

part’.

Mr David Hanson

Schedule  16,  page  188,  line  28,  at end insert—

‘()	In sub-paragraph (1), “the relevant part of the United Kingdom” means—

(a)	in the application of this Schedule to England and Wales, England and

Wales, and

(b)	in the application of this Schedule to Northern Ireland, Northern

Ireland.’.

Mr David Hanson

Schedule  16,  page  188,  line  31,  leave out ‘England and Wales’ and insert ‘the

relevant part of the United Kingdom’.

Mr David Hanson

Schedule  16,  page  188,  line  32,  leave out ‘England and Wales’ and insert ‘that

part’.

Mr David Hanson

Schedule  16,  page  188,  line  32,  at end insert—

‘()	In sub-paragraph (1), “the relevant part of the United Kingdom” has the same

meaning as in paragraph 3(1).’.

Mr David Hanson

Schedule  16,  page  190,  line  25,  leave out sub-paragraph (1).

Mr David Hanson

Clause  81,  page  56,  line  29,  at end insert ‘and Schedules (Penalties suitable for

enforcement in England and Wales or Northern Ireland) and 16’.

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Mr David Hanson

Clause  81,  page  56,  line  30,  after ‘State’ insert ‘other than the United Kingdom’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  81,  page  56,  line  32,  at end insert—

‘ “central authority for Scotland” means the person or body which, by virtue

of an order under section 56 of the Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform)

(Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6) (recognition of EU financial penalties), acts

as the central authority in relation to Scotland for the purposes of the

Framework Decision;”’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  81,  page  56,  line  39,  at end insert—

‘( )	In sections 78, 79, (Requests from other member States: Northern Ireland),

(Procedure on receipt of certificate by clerk of petty sessions), (Modification of

Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981), (Transfer of certificates to

central authority for Scotland) and 80 and Schedules (Penalties suitable for

enforcement in England and Wales or Northern Ireland) and 16—

“decision” has the meaning given by Article 1 of the Framework Decision

on financial penalties (except in sections 79(4) and (Procedure on receipt

of certificate by clerk of petty sessions)(4));

“financial penalty’’ has the meaning given by that Article.’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  81,  page  56,  line  40,  leave out ‘those sections’ and insert ‘sections 76 to

80’.

Mr Harry Cohen

Clause  83,  page  57,  line  20,  leave out ‘the public’ and insert ‘a person or specified

persons’.

Mr Harry Cohen

Clause  83,  page  57,  leave out lines 26 and 27 and insert ‘any specified members of the

public in the United Kingdom’.

Mr Harry Cohen

Page  57,  line  16,  leave out Clauses 83 to 102.

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Mr David Heath

David Howarth

Clause  84,  page  57,  line  39,  after ‘person’, insert ‘aged 18 years or above’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  85,  page  59,  line  13,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

Before making an application under this section in respect of a person who will

be under 18 at the time of the application, the applicant must consult any member

of a team established under section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)

(youth offending teams).’.

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Nick Hurd

Clause  86,  page  59,  line  29,  after ‘satisfied’, insert ‘beyond reasonable doubt’.

Mr Harry Cohen

Clause  86,  page  59,  line  35,  leave out ‘the public’ and insert ‘a person or specified

persons’.

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Nick Hurd

Clause  88,  page  61,  line  8,  after ‘satisfied’, insert ‘beyond reasonable doubt’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  91,  page  62,  line  34,  at end insert—

‘(h)	any prescribed information.

(2A)	In subsection (2)(h) “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the

Secretary of State.’.

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Mr David Hanson

Clause  92,  page  63,  line  18,  leave out ‘or’ and insert—

‘(ca)

any prescribed change of circumstances, or’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  92,  page  63,  line  24,  leave out ‘or’ and insert—

‘(ca)

the prescribed details, or’.

Mr David Hanson

Clause  92,  page  63,  line  45,  at end insert—

‘(7A)

In this section—

(a)	“prescribed change of circumstances” means any change—

(i)	occurring in relation to any matter in respect of which

information is required to be notified by virtue of section

91(2)(h), and

(ii)	of a description prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary

of State;

(b)	“the prescribed details”, in relation to a prescribed change of

circumstances, means such details of the change as may be so

prescribed.’.

Mr Harry Cohen

Mr David Heath

David Howarth

Schedule  17,  page  193,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(d)	the making of the order is not a disproportionate response to the disorder

or nuisance caused;

(e)	the making of the order will not cause unnecessary hardship or suffering

to the families of those against whom the order is made;

(f)	appropriate steps have previously been taken to address the disorder or

nuisance without success.’.

Mr Harry Cohen

Mr David Heath

David Howarth

Schedule  17,  page  193,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘(10)

No closure order shall be made unless the magistrates’ court is satisfied that

appropriate arrangements have been made by the local authority for alternative

accommodation and support for those affected by it.’.

Mr David Heath

David Howarth

Schedule  17,  page  193,  line  30,  at end insert—

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Revised 27 November 2007