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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 5 March 2009

 

Public Bill Committee

 

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Coroners and Justice Bill


 

Note

 

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

 

Committee [3 February].

 


 

Bridget Prentice

 

 

That the Order of the Committee of 3 February be amended as follows:

 

 

(1)  

in paragraph (1) of the Order of the Committee of 3 February, there shall be

 

inserted at the end—

 


 

          ‘(h)    at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 10 March;’;

 

 

(2)  

in paragraph (4) of that Order, for ‘4.00 pm on Thursday 5 March’ there shall

 

be substituted ‘10.00 pm on Tuesday 10 March’.

 

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

78

 

Clause  61,  page  35,  line  14,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5 March 2009                     

412

 

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

Bridget Prentice

 

268

 

Clause  61,  page  35,  line  16,  leave out ‘assisted or was’ and insert ‘is or was able

 

or’.

 

David Howarth

 

Jenny Willott

 

463

 

Clause  61,  page  35,  line  23,  after ‘information’, insert ‘is a police officer or’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

269

 

Clause  61,  page  35,  line  29,  leave out from ‘that’ to ‘the’ in line 30 and insert ‘the

 

information disclosed is information that might enable the specified person to be

 

identified as a person of the sort described in subsection (1)(a) in relation to’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

270

 

Clause  61,  page  35,  line  37,  leave out from first ‘is’ to ‘willing’ and insert ‘a person

 

who is or was able or’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

271

 

Clause  61,  page  35,  line  41,  leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert—

 

‘(a)    

the disclosure is made to a person who is involved in the specified

 

qualifying criminal investigation or in the prosecution of an offence to

 

which the investigation relates, and’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

272

 

Clause  61,  page  36,  line  4,  leave out ‘was’ and insert ‘is’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

273

 

Clause  61,  page  36,  line  5,  after ‘prosecution’, insert ‘of an offence to which the

 

investigation relates’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

274

 

Clause  61,  page  36,  line  6,  leave out subsection (8).

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

440

 

Clause  61,  page  36,  line  8,  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

441

 

Clause  61,  page  36,  line  12,  leave out paragraph (c).


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5 March 2009                     

413

 

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

442

 

Clause  61,  page  36,  line  15,  leave out paragraph (d).

 

Bridget Prentice

 

275

 

Clause  61,  page  36,  line  22,  leave out from ‘liable’ to end of line 24 and insert ‘—

 

(a)    

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the

 

relevant period or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;

 

(b)    

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5

 

years or a fine, or both.

 

(11A)    

“The relevant period” means—

 

(a)    

in relation to England and Wales, 12 months;

 

(b)    

in relation to Northern Ireland, 6 months.’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

79

 

Clause  61,  page  36,  line  24,  at end insert ‘and on summary conviction to a fine not

 

exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 6

 

months or to both.’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

276

 

Clause  61,  page  36,  line  25,  leave out subsection (12).

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

80

 

Clause  62,  page  36,  line  31,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

81

 

Clause  62,  page  37,  line  9,  leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘judge’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5 March 2009                     

414

 

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

130

 

Clause  62,  page  37,  line  11,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

131

 

Clause  62,  page  37,  line  12,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

132

 

Clause  62,  page  37,  line  14,  leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

133

 

Clause  62,  page  37,  line  16,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

134

 

Clause  62,  page  37,  line  17,  leave out from ‘to’ to end of line 18 and insert ‘such

 

person as the Secretary of State may by order prescribe in respect of the relevant county

 

court’.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

135

 

Clause  63,  page  37,  line  26,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5 March 2009                     

415

 

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

82

 

Clause  63,  page  37,  line  31,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

443

 

Clause  63,  page  37,  line  34,  leave out subsection (5).

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

444

 

Clause  63,  page  37,  line  37,  leave out subsection (6).

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

83

 

Clause  63,  page  37,  line  40,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Bridget Prentice

 

277

 

Clause  63,  page  38,  line  1,  leave out ‘willing to assist or as having assisted’ and

 

insert ‘a person who is or was able or willing to assist’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

445

 

Clause  63,  page  38,  line  9,  leave out subsection (9).

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

136

 

Clause  63,  page  38,  line  10,  leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘judge’.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

137

 

Clause  64,  page  38,  line  19,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5 March 2009                     

416

 

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

84

 

Clause  64,  page  38,  line  20,  leave out ‘Crown’ and insert ‘High’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

138

 

Clause  64,  page  38,  line  25,  leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘Crown Court judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

139

 

Clause  64,  page  38,  line  27,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

278

 

Clause  64,  page  38,  line  32,  leave out subsection (5) and insert—

 

‘(5)    

The judge to whom an appeal is made must consider afresh the application for an

 

investigation anonymity order and section 62(3) to (5) applies accordingly to the

 

determination of the application by the judge.

 

(6)    

In the application of section 62(5) by virtue of subsection (5), the reference in

 

section 62(5) to the designated officer in relation to a justice of the peace is to be

 

read—

 

(a)    

in the case of an appeal made in England and Wales, as a reference to the

 

appropriate officer of the Crown Court;

 

(b)    

in the case of an appeal made in Northern Ireland, as a reference to the

 

chief clerk of the county court division in which the appeal is made.’.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

140

 

Clause  65,  page  38,  line  34,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

141

 

Clause  65,  page  38,  line  35,  leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘judge’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5 March 2009                     

417

 

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

142

 

Clause  65,  page  38,  line  36,  leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘judge’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

279

 

Clause  65,  page  39,  line  3,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘is entitled to’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

280

 

Clause  65,  page  39,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

If an application to discharge an investigation anonymity order is made by a

 

person other than the person specified in the order, the justice may not determine

 

the application unless—

 

(a)    

the person specified in the order has had an opportunity to oppose the

 

application, or

 

(b)    

the justice is satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable to communicate

 

with the person.’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

281

 

Clause  65,  page  39,  line  5,  after second ‘to’, insert ‘a judge of’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

85

 

Clause  65,  page  39,  line  5,  leave out ‘Crown’ and insert ‘High’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

143

 

Clause  65,  page  39,  line  5,  leave out ‘justice’s decision’ and insert ‘decision of the

 

Crown Court judge’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

282

 

Clause  65,  page  39,  line  7,  leave out subsection (6) and insert—

 

‘(6)    

If during the proceedings a party indicates an intention to appeal against a

 

determination to discharge the investigation anonymity order, a justice of the

 

peace who makes such a determination must provide for the discharge of the

 

order not to have effect until the appeal is determined or otherwise disposed of.’.


 
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