Public Bill Committee: 26 February 2009

264

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

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’.

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).

Public Bill Committee: 26 February 2009

265

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

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’.

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—

Public Bill Committee: 26 February 2009

266

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

‘(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’.

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.’.

Public Bill Committee: 26 February 2009

267

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

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.’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

144

Clause  65,  page  39,  line  7,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown Court

judge’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

145

Clause  68,  page  40,  line  15,  leave out paragraph (a).

Bridget Prentice

283

Clause  68,  page  40,  line  17,  leave out paragraph (b).

Bridget Prentice

284

Clause  68,  page  40,  leave out line 19 and insert ‘references to a judge of the Crown

Court are to be read as references’.

Public Bill Committee: 26 February 2009

268

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

146

Clause  68,  page  40,  line  20,  at end insert—

‘(d)	the reference to the High Court is to be read as a reference to the High

Court of Northern Ireland;

(e)	the reference to a judge of the High Court is to be read as a reference to

a judge of the High Court of Northern Ireland.’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

191

Clause  69,  page  40,  line  25,  after second ‘a’, insert ‘Crown’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

192

Clause  69,  page  40,  line  27,  after first ‘the’, insert ‘Crown’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

193

Clause  69,  page  41,  line  1,  after ‘the’, insert ‘Crown’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

195

Clause  70,  page  41,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(A1)

For the avoidance of doubt, whilst applications for a witness anonymity order

must be made to the Crown court such orders may govern current, adjourned or

future proceedings in the magistrates’ courts.’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

194

Clause  70,  page  41,  line  13,  after ‘the’, insert ‘Crown’.

Public Bill Committee: 26 February 2009

269

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

377

Clause  70,  page  41,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

An application for a witness anonymity order to be made in relation to a witness

in a coroner’s inquest may be made to the coroner with the coroner’s permission

by any party appearing at the inquest.’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

196

Clause  70,  page  41,  line  16,  after second ‘court’, insert ‘in writing’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

202

Clause  70,  page  41,  line  23,  after ‘court’, insert ‘in writing’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

100

Clause  70,  page  41,  line  44,  at end insert—

‘(7A)

On any application for a witness anonymity order, the court must consider

whether the appointment of special counsel to assist the court in deciding whether

to grant the order would contribute significantly to the fairness of the

proceedings; and if the court decides not to appoint special counsel, the court

must give reasons.’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

378

Clause  70,  page  42,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘(9)	Where an application either for permission to make an application for a witness

anonymity order or for a witness anonymity order is made to a coroner by a party

appearing at an inquest that party—

(a)	must (unless the coroner directs otherwise) inform the coroner of the

identity of the witness, but

(b)	is not required to disclose in connection with the application—

(i)	the identity of the witness, or

(ii)	any information that may enable the witness to be identified,

to any other party to the proceedings or his or her legal representatives.’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

379

Clause  70,  page  42,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘(9)	The court may in its descretion appoint counsel to assist it when considering an

application for permission to make an application for a witness anonymity order

or an application for a witness anonymity order.’.

Public Bill Committee: 26 February 2009

270

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

380

Clause  70,  page  42,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘(9)	The provisions set out in subsections (4) to (8) inclusive apply as appropriate to

applications to a coroner as they do to applications in criminal cases.’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

381

Clause  71,  page  42,  line  5,  after ‘proceedings’, insert ‘or an inquest’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

451

Clause  71,  page  42,  line  9,  leave out from ‘person’ to ‘or’ in line 10.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

452

Clause  71,  page  42,  line  10,  leave out ‘any serious damage to property’ and insert

‘damage to property so serious that it would leave the witness or another person in a state

of destitution.’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

453

Clause  71,  page  42,  line  11,  leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

‘(b)	in order to prevent serious harm to the functioning of a properly

authorised undercover operation.’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

197

Clause  71,  page  42,  line  11,  leave out paragraph (b).

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

198

Clause  71,  page  42,  line  13,  leave out ‘or otherwise’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

383

Clause  71,  page  42,  line  15,  after ‘trial’, insert ‘or the inquest being conducted in a

manner consistent with the interests of the parties before it being treated fairly.’.

---

Revised 26 February 2009