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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Tuesday 1st April 2008

Public Bill Committee

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Counter-Terrorism Bill

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

1

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  8,  after ‘may’, insert ‘, if he has reasonable grounds for

believing that a document may be seized, and’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

2

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  44,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

Under subsection (2), it is not reasonably practicable, for the item subject to legal

privilege to be separated from the rest of the document if, and only if, it is not

reasonably practicable because of—

(a)	the time required to determine whether an item should be seized or to

separate such an item;

(b)	the number of persons required to carry out that determination or

separation; or

(c)	the apparatus or equipment that would be necessary or appropriate to use

for carrying out that determination or separation.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

3

Page  2,  line  36,  leave out Clause 3.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

4

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  22,  at end insert ‘, provided that he has satisfied himself that

the provisions of sections 1 to 5 have been properly met.’.

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Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

5

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  29,  after ‘constable’, insert ‘with the authority of an officer

of a rank no lower than inspector,’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

6

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  40,  after ‘constable’, insert ‘with the authority of an officer

of a rank no lower than inspector,’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

7

Clause  10,  page  7,  line  5,  leave out subsection (4).

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

8

Clause  12,  page  9,  line  2,  after ‘constable’, insert ‘with the authority of an officer of

a rank no lower than inspector,’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

9

Clause  12,  page  9,  line  13,  after ‘constable’, insert ‘with the authority of an officer

of a rank no lower than inspector,’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

10

Clause  12,  page  9,  line  19,  leave out subsection (5).

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

11

Clause  19,  page  15,  line  17,  at end add—

‘(8)	Nothing in this section shall require a person to disclose information to any of the

intelligence services for any purpose.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

12

Page  16,  line  14,  leave out Clause 22.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

13

Page  61,  line  2,  leave out Schedule 1.

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Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

14

Clause  23,  page  16,  line  25,  after ‘offence’, insert ‘, at any time up to the

commencement of the trial,’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

15

Clause  23,  page  16,  line  26,  leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘and’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

16

Clause  23,  page  16,  line  34,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

17

Clause  23,  page  16,  line  32,  at end insert—

‘(iii)

has, after satisfying himself that the original charge was

appropriate and that further questioning would be in the interests

of justice, given authority for the constable to question the

person.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

18

Clause  23,  page  16,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

Codes of practice made under subsection (4) must include provision for—

(a)	questioning to take place only in the presence of a lawyer representing

the interests of the accused person;

(b)	a transcript to be made available to the judge authorising the questioning

under subsection (3);

(c)	the questioning to be subject to a video recording;

(d)	for the purpose of the questioning to be confined to questioning about

new evidence which has become available since the accused person was

charged; and

(e)	preventing oppressive questioning by specifying appropriate time limits.

(4B)	Prior to the commencement of the trial the judge must review any transcripts

made available to him under subsection (4A)(b) having regard to subsections

(4A)(d) and (e).’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

19

Clause  23,  page  17,  line  2,  leave out subsections (6) and (7).

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

20

Clause  90,  page  59,  line  33,  at end insert—

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‘( )	The provisions of Part 2 (detention and questioning of terrorist suspects) come

into force—

(a)	in England and Wales on the day after the revised codes of practice under

section 23(4) have effect, and

(b)	in Northern Ireland on the day after the revised codes of practice under

section 25(3) have effect.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

21

Clause  25,  page  17,  line  32,  at end insert ‘, at any time up to the commencement of

the trial,’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

22

Clause  25,  page  17,  line  32,  at end insert ‘, and

(c)	a judge of the Crown Court has, after satisfying himself that the original

charge was appropriate and that further questioning would be in the

interests of justice, given authority for the constable to question the

person.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

23

Clause  25,  page  17,  line  34,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

24

Clause  25,  page  17,  line  36,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

Codes of practice made under subsection (3) must include provision for—

(a)	questioning to take place only in the presence of a lawyer representing

the interests of the accused person;

(b)	a transcript to be made available to the judge authorising the questioning

under subsection (3);

(c)	the questioning to be subject to a video recording;

(d)	for the purpose of the questioning to be confined to questioning about

new evidence which has become available since the accused person was

charged; and

(e)	preventing oppressive questioning by specifying appropriate time limits.

(3B)	Prior to the commencement of the trial the judge must review any transcripts

made available to him under subsection (3A)(b) having regard to subsections

(3A)(d) and (e).’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

25

Clause  25,  page  18,  line  1,  leave out subsections (5) and (6).

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Mr David Heath

26

Clause  26,  page  19,  line  11,  at end insert—

(e)	the common law offences of murder, manslaughter, culpable homicide,

kidnapping or abduction, in relation to an offence listed in subsection (1)

above.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

27

Clause  29,  page  20,  line  33,  leave out ‘court’ and insert ‘jury’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

28

Clause  29,  page  20,  line  37,  leave out ‘determines’ and insert ‘is satisfied beyond

reasonable doubt’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

29

Page  44,  line  35,  leave out Clause 64.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

30

Page  46,  line  1,  leave out Clause 65.

Offences related to terrorism: evidence

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	In considering whether a person is involved in terrorism, the Court may take

account of any evidence admissible under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers

Act 2000 (c. 23).

(2)	Schedule [Intercept evidence] (which makes provision for the admissibility of

intercept evidence in cases involving terrorism) has effect.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

NS1

To move the following Schedule:—

‘Intercept evidence

Admissibility of intercept and metering evidence

1    (1)

Notwithstanding section 17 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act

2000 (c. 23) (“RIPA”), evidence of—

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(a)	the contents of an intercepted communication (“intercept evidence”),

and

(b)	communications data (“metering evidence”),

shall be admissible in criminal proceedings to which this paragraph applies.

(2)	This paragraph applies to—

(a)	proceedings in respect of serious crime, and

(b)	proceedings in respect of an offence or offences relating to terrorism.

(3)	An application for permission to introduce intercept evidence or metering

evidence, or both, may be made by the prosecution for the purpose of

conducting a criminal prosecution to which this paragraph applies, and not

otherwise.

(4)	Unless and until an application has been made by the prosecution in any such

proceedings the provisions of section 17 of RIPA (exclusion of matters from

legal proceedings) shall continue to apply in connection with those

proceedings.

Considerations for allowing intercept or metering evidence

2	In deciding whether to admit intercept or metering evidence the court shall take

account of all relevant considerations, including in particular—

(a)	any application by the Secretary of State to withhold the evidence or

part of the evidence on the ground that its disclosure, or the disclosure

of facts relating to the obtaining of the evidence, would be contrary to

the public interest, and

(b)	any submission that the evidence was obtained unlawfully.

Interpretation

3	In this Schedule—

“communications data” has the same meaning as in section 21(4) of RIPA;

“intercepted communication” has the same meaning as in section 4 of

RIPA;

“RIPA” means the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23);

“serious crime” has the same meaning as in section 81(2)(b) of RIPA;

“terrorism” has the same meaning as in the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11).

Minor and consequential amendments

4	In section 5(3)(b) of RIPA, for the words “or detecting” substitute “, detecting

or prosecuting”.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

31

Page  48,  line  16,  leave out Clause 67.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

32

Clause  64,  page  45,  line  7,  leave out paragraphs (b) and (c).

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Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

33

Clause  42,  page  30,  leave out lines 42 to 44.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

34

Clause  42,  page  31,  leave out lines 38 to 40.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

35

Clause  42,  page  30,  leave out lines 33 to 34.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

36

Clause  42,  page  31,  leave out lines 27 to 32.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

37

Clause  42,  page  31,  leave out lines 4 to 8.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

38

Clause  42,  page  31,  leave out lines 14 to 19.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

39

Clause  51,  page  36,  line  8,  leave out ‘an indefinite period’ and insert ‘five years’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

40

Clause  51,  page  36,  line  44,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

Notification requirements in relation to offences under subsection (1) may be

renewed on one or more occasions if it is considered necessary for purposes

connected with protecting members of the public from a risk of terrorism, for the

notification requirements to continue in force.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

41

Clause  51,  page  36,  line  45,  leave out ‘10’ and insert ‘5’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

42

Clause  51,  page  36,  line  45,  at end insert—

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Revised 2 April 2008