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House of Commons

Thursday 5 March 2009

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Coroners and Justice Bill

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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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Revised 5 March 2009