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Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 20th November 2007      

31

 

Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

255C  

Specified offence prisoners and those not suitable for automatic

 

release

 

(1)    

This section applies to a prisoner who—

 

(a)    

is a specified offence prisoner, or

 

(b)    

was eligible to be considered for automatic release but was not

 

considered to be suitable for it.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State may, at any time after the person is returned to

 

prison, release him again on licence under this Chapter.

 

(3)    

The Secretary of State must not release a person under subsection (2)

 

unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is not necessary for the

 

protection of the public that he should remain in prison.

 

(4)    

The Secretary of State must refer to the Board the case of any person to

 

whom this section applies—

 

(a)    

if the person makes representations under section 254(2) before

 

the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which

 

he is returned to prison, on the making of those representations,

 

or

 

(b)    

if, at the end of that period, the person has not been released

 

under subsection (2) and has not made such representations, at

 

that time.

 

(5)    

Where on a reference under subsection (4) relating to any person the

 

Board recommends his immediate release on licence under this Chapter,

 

the Secretary of State must give effect to the recommendation.

 

(6)    

In the case of an intermittent custody prisoner who has not yet served in

 

prison the number of custodial days specified in the intermittent custody

 

order, any recommendation by the Board as to immediate release on

 

licence is to be a recommendation as to his release on licence until the end

 

of one of the licence periods specified by virtue of section 183(1)(b) in

 

the intermittent custody order.

 

(7)    

The Secretary of State may by order amend the number of days for the

 

time being specified in subsection (4)(a).

 

255D  

Extended sentence prisoners

 

(1)    

The Secretary of State must refer to the Board the case of any extended

 

sentence prisoner.

 

(2)    

Where on a reference under subsection (1) relating to any person the

 

Board recommends his immediate release on licence under this Chapter,

 

the Secretary of State must give effect to the recommendation.”’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  13

 

Clause  16,  page  10,  line  43,  at end insert ‘, subject to the agreement of a Crown

 

Court judge’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 20th November 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

 

Not called  138

 

Clause  16,  page  11,  line  23,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

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

 

prison.’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  14

 

Clause  16,  page  11,  leave out line 33 and 34.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  84

 

Clause  16,  page  12,  line  2,  leave out first ‘is’ and insert ‘and the Board are’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  139

 

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

 

‘(c)    

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

 

prison.’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  85

 

Clause  16,  page  12,  leave out lines 22 and 23.

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  75

 

Clause  16,  page  12,  line  38,  leave out ‘254A(7), 254B(4) or 254C(2)’ and insert

 

‘255B(4), 255C(4) or 255D(1)’.

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  76

 

Clause  16,  page  12,  leave out lines 43 and 44 and insert—

 

‘“     

section 255A(9),

 

    

section 255C(7),”.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 20th November 2007      

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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  77

 

Clause  17,  page  13,  line  8,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In consequence of the amendments made by section 16 and this section, the

 

heading to section 256 becomes “Review by the Board”.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Withdrawn  86

 

Clause  18,  page  13,  line  30,  after ‘may,’, insert ‘with the approval of the Lord

 

Chief Justice or a judge designated by him,’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  87

 

Clause  19,  page  14,  line  38,  at end add—

 

‘(10)    

For the avoidance of doubt there is a rebuttable presumption that any prisoner of

 

a category referred to in section 46ZA will be removed from the United Kingdom

 

following his release without prejudice to any existing rights not to be, or

 

protections from being, removed under British or European Union law.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  88

 

Clause  20,  page  15,  line  38,  at end add—

 

‘(9)    

For the avoidance of doubt there is a rebuttable presumption that any prisoner of

 

a category referred to in section 259A will be removed from the United Kingdom

 

following his release without prejudice to any existing rights not to be, or

 

protections from being, removed under British or European Union law.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 20th November 2007      

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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  21

 

Clause  21,  page  16,  line  19,  leave out from ‘been’ to ‘but’ in line 21 and insert

 

‘dealt with by such a court for any offence other than the offence and any connected

 

offence on only one previous occasion’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  140

 

Clause  21,  page  16,  line  19,  leave out ‘of only one offence other than the’ and insert

 

‘on only one occasion for an’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  141

 

Clause  21,  page  16,  line  21,  leave out from ‘offence’ to end of line 22 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.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Withdrawn  89

 

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

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  90

 

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

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  91

 

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

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  92

 

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


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 20th November 2007      

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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  93

 

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

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  94

 

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

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  95

 

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

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  96

 

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

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  97

 

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

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  98

 

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

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  49

 

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

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  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.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 20th November 2007      

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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

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

 

Agreed to  51

 

Schedule  5,  page  155,  line  18,  leave out ‘18”’ and insert ‘12”’.

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  52

 

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

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  53

 

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

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  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

 

Not called  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

 

Agreed to  208

 

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


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 20th November 2007      

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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

‘(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

 

Agreed to  209

 

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

 

Part’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  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.”’.


 
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