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Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Tuesday 24 February 2009

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s):

 

Policing and Crime Bill Committee 278-311

 

Public Bill Committee


 

Policing and Crime Bill

 

Destruction of samples etc: England and Wales

 

Paul Holmes

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

NC36

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 82 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 is repealed.

 

(2)    

Sections 9 and 10 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 are repealed.

 

(3)    

After Section 64A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) insert—

 

“64B  

Destruction of fingerprints and samples etc

 

(1)    

After a person is released without charge or acquitted of the offence for

 

which a sample has been taken that sample shall be destroyed within one

 

month of the fingerprints or samples being taken or the person being

 

acquitted, unless the offence was of a violent or sexual nature.

 

(2)    

If the offence was of a violent or sexual nature that sample must be held

 

for a period of three years, after which it must be destroyed.

 

(3)    

This section applies to the following material—

 

(a)    

photographs falling within a description specified in the

 

regulations,

 

(b)    

fingerprints taken from a person in connection with the

 

investigation of an offence,

 

(c)    

impressions of footwear so taken from a person,

 

(d)    

DNA and other samples so taken from a person,

 

(e)    

information derived from DNA samples so taken from a person.

 

(4)    

For the purposes of this section—


 
 

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(a)    

“photograph” includes a moving image,and

 

(b)    

the reference to a DNA sample is a reference to any material that

 

has come from a human body and consists of or includes human

 

cells.”.’.

 

Destruction of samples etc: service offences

 

Paul Holmes

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

NC37

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 113 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (application to

 

armed forces) is amended as follows—

 

(2)    

After subsection (1) insert—

 

“(1A)    

After a person is released without charge or acquitted of the offence for

 

which a sample has been taken that sample shall be destroyed within one

 

month of the fingerprints or sample being taken or the person being

 

acquitted, unless the offence was of a violent or sexual nature.

 

(2)    

If the offence was of a violent or sexual nature that sample must be held

 

for a period of three years, after which it must be destroyed.”.’.

 

Destruction of samples etc (Northern Ireland)

 

Paul Holmes

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

NC38

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

That Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/

 

3141 (N.I 12)) is amended as follows—

 

(2)    

After Article 64A insert—

 


 

“Destruction of samples etc

 

“(1)    

After a person is not charged or acquitted of the offence for which a

 

sample has been taken that sample shall be destroyed within one month

 

of the fingerprints or samples being taken or the person being acquitted,

 

unless the offence was of a violent or sexual nature.

 

(2)    

If the offence was of a violent or sexual nature that sample should be held

 

for a period of three years, and then be destroyed.

 

(3)    

This section applies to the following material—

 

(a)    

photographs falling within a description specified in the

 

regulations,

 

(b)    

fingerprints taken from a person in connection with the

 

investigation of an offence,

 

(c)    

impressions of footwear so taken from a person,

 

(d)    

DNA and other samples so taken from a person,

 

(e)    

information derived from DNA samples so taken from a person.


 
 

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(4)    

For the purposes of this section—

 

(a)    

“photograph” includes a moving image, and

 

(b)    

the reference to a DNA sample is a reference to any material that

 

has come from a human body and consists of or includes human

 

cells.”.’.

 

Injunctions to prevent gang-related violence

 

Mr Vernon Coaker

 

NC11

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

A court may grant an injunction under this section if two conditions are met.

 

(2)    

The first condition is that the court is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that

 

the respondent has engaged in, or has encouraged or assisted, gang-related

 

violence.

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(3)    

The second condition is that the court thinks it is necessary to grant the injunction

 

for either or both of the following purposes—

 

(a)    

to prevent the respondent from engaging in, or encouraging or assisting,

 

gang-related violence;

 

(b)    

to protect the respondent from gang-related violence.

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(4)    

An injunction under this section may (for either or both of those purposes)—

 

(a)    

prohibit the respondent from doing anything described in the injunction;

 

(b)    

require the respondent to do anything described in the injunction.

 

(5)    

In this section “gang-related violence” means violence or a threat of violence

 

which occurs in the course of the activities of a gang or is otherwise related to

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such activities.’.

 

As Amendments to Mr Vernon Coaker’s proposed New Clause (Injunctions to prevent

 

gang-related violence) (NC 11):—

 

Paul Holmes

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

(b)

 

Line  2,  leave out ‘on the balance of probabilities’ and insert ‘beyond reasonable

 

doubt.’.

 

Paul Holmes

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

(c)

 

Line  9,  after ‘(b)’, insert ‘in the case of a respondent aged under 18,’.

 

Contents of injunctions: supplemental

 

Mr Vernon Coaker

 

nc13

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

This section applies in relation to an injunction under section [Injunctions to

 

prevent gang-related violence].


 
 

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(2)    

The court must specify, in relation to each prohibition or requirement in the

 

injunction, whether it is to be in force—

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(a)    

until further order, or

 

(b)    

until the end of a specified period.

 

(3)    

The court may order the applicant and the respondent to attend a review hearing

 

on a specified date.

 

(4)    

A review hearing is a hearing held for the purpose of considering whether the

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injunction should be varied or discharged.

 

(5)    

The court may attach a power of arrest in relation to—

 

(a)    

any prohibition in the injunction, or

 

(b)    

any requirement in the injunction, other than one which has the effect of

 

requiring the respondent to participate in particular activities.

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(6)    

If the court attaches a power of arrest, it may specify that the power is to have

 

effect for a shorter period than the prohibition or requirement to which it relates.’.

 

As an Amendment to Mr Vernon Coaker’s proposed New Clause (Contents of

 

injunctions: supplemental) (NC 13):—

 

Paul Holmes

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

(a)

 

Line  7,  at end insert ‘except that no injunction shall remain in force for a period

 

longer than two years from the date it is made.’.

 


 
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