House of Commons portcullis
House of Commons
Session 2008 - 09
Internet Publications
Other Bills before Parliament


 
 

777

 

House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Tuesday 12 May 2009

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

 

189-91, 235-36, 255-56, 267-68, 275, 295, 309-10, 595-99, 603-04, 765-67 and 775-76

 

Consideration of Bill


 

Policing and Crime Bill, As Amended

 

Penalty for contravening notice relating to encrypted information

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

NC22

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 53 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23) (failure to

 

comply with notice relating to encrypted information) is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In subsection (5A)(a) after “case” insert “or a child indecency case”.

 

(3)    

After subsection (5B) insert—

 

“(6)    

In subsection (5A) “a child indecency case” means a case in which the

 

grounds specified in the notice to which the offence relates as the grounds

 

for imposing a disclosure requirement were or included a belief that the

 

imposition of the requirement was necessary for the purpose of

 

preventing or detecting an offence under any of the provisions listed in

 

subsection (7).

 

(7)    

Those provisions are—

 

(a)    

section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1978 (showing or

 

taking etc an indecent photograph of a child: England and

 

Wales);

 

(b)    

Article 3 of the Protection of Children (Northern Ireland) Order

 

1978 (S.I. 1978/1047 (N.I. 17)) (corresponding offence for

 

Northern Ireland);

 

(c)    

section 52 or 52A of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982

 

(showing or taking etc or possessing an indecent photograph of

 

a child: Scotland);

 

(d)    

section 160 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (possessing an

 

indecent photograph of a child: England and Wales);

 

(e)    

Article 15 of the Criminal Justice (Evidence, Etc.) (Northern

 

Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1847 (N.I. 17)) (corresponding

 

offence for Northern Ireland).”


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 12 May 2009                     

778

 

Policing and Crime Bill, continued

 
 

(4)    

The amendments made by this section apply in relation to cases in which the

 

section 49 notice was given after the commencement of this section.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

44

 

Page  6,  line  4  [Clause  5],  leave out subsection (4) and insert—

 

‘(4)    

A police authority may make an agreement which includes provision about the

 

discharge of functions by employees who are under the direction and control of a

 

chief officer only with the approval of that chief officer.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

45

 

Page  8,  line  15  [Clause  5],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

A notice under this section may provide for the termination of the agreement with

 

immediate effect or at the end of a specified period.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

46

 

Page  15,  line  27  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘controlled for gain’ and insert ‘subjected to

 

force etc.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

47

 

Page  15,  line  30  [Clause  13],  leave out from ‘(B),’ to end of line 32 and insert—

 

‘(b)    

a third person (C) has used force, deception or threats of a kind likely to

 

induce or encourage B to provide the sexual services for which A has

 

made or promised payment, and

 

(c)    

C acted for or in the expectation of gain for C or another person (apart

 

from A or B).’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

48

 

Page  15,  line  36  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘any of B’s activities are controlled for

 

gain’ and insert ‘C has used force, deception or threats’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

49

 

Page  16,  line  1  [Clause  13],  leave out subsection (3).

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

50

 

Page  16,  line  8  [Clause  14],  leave out ‘controlled for gain’ and insert ‘subjected to

 

force etc.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

51

 

Page  16,  line  11  [Clause  14],  leave out from ‘(B),’ to end of line 13 and insert—

 

‘(b)    

a third person (C) has used force, deception or threats of a kind likely to

 

induce or encourage B to provide the sexual services for which A has

 

made or promised payment, and

 

(c)    

C acted for or in the expectation of gain for C or another person (apart

 

from A or B).’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 12 May 2009                     

779

 

Policing and Crime Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

52

 

Page  16,  line  17  [Clause  14],  leave out ‘any of B’s activities are controlled for

 

gain’ and insert ‘C has used force, deception or threats’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

53

 

Page  16,  line  19  [Clause  14],  leave out subsection (3).

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

54

 

Page  22,  line  1  [Clause  25],  leave out from ‘which’ to end of line 3 and insert ‘the

 

provision of relevant entertainment as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) is such that, at the

 

time in question and including any relevant entertainment which is being so provided at

 

that time—

 

(i)    

there have not been more than eleven occasions on which

 

relevant entertainment has been so provided which fall

 

(wholly or partly) within the period of 12 months ending with

 

that time;

 

(ii)    

no such occasion has lasted for more than 24 hours; and

 

(iii)    

no such occasion has begun within the period of one month

 

beginning with the end of any previous occasion on which

 

relevant entertainment has been so provided (whether or not

 

that previous occasion falls within the 12 month period

 

mentioned in sub-paragraph (i));’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

55

 

Page  22,  line  5  [Clause  25],  at end insert—

 

  ‘(3A)  

The relevant national authority may by order amend or repeal sub-paragraph

 

(3)(b).

 

    (3B)  

But no order under sub-paragraph (3A) may—

 

(a)    

increase the number or length of occasions in any period on which sub-

 

paragraph (3)(b) as originally enacted would permit relevant

 

entertainment to be provided; or

 

(b)    

provide for shorter intervals between such occasions.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

56

 

Page  22,  line  17  [Clause  25],  at end insert—

 

  ‘(5A)  

A statutory instrument containing an order under sub-paragraph (3A) may not

 

be made by the Secretary of State unless a draft of the instrument has been laid

 

before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

57

 

Page  22,  line  18  [Clause  25],  leave out ‘this paragraph’ and insert ‘sub-paragraph

 

(3)(c) or (4)’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

58

 

Page  22,  line  20  [Clause  25],  at end insert—


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 12 May 2009                     

780

 

Policing and Crime Bill, continued

 
 

  ‘(6A)  

A statutory instrument containing an order under sub-paragraph (3A) may not

 

be made by the Welsh Ministers unless a draft of the instrument has been laid

 

before, and approved by a resolution of, the National Assembly for Wales.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

59

 

Page  22,  line  21  [Clause  25],  leave out ‘this paragraph’ and insert ‘sub-paragraph

 

(3)(c) or (4)’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

60

 

Page  26,  line  19  [Clause  32],  leave out from first ‘of’ to end of line 20 and insert ‘,

 

or is otherwise related to, the activities of a group that—

 

(a)    

consists of at least 3 people,

 

(b)    

uses a name, emblem or colour or has any other characteristic that

 

enables its members to be identified by others as a group, and

 

(c)    

is associated with a particular area.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

61

 

Page  28,  line  4  [Clause  36],  leave out subsections (2) to (4) and insert—

 

‘( )    

The consultation requirement is that the applicant must consult—

 

(a)    

any local authority, and any chief officer of police, that the applicant

 

thinks it appropriate to consult, and

 

(b)    

any other body or individual that the applicant thinks it appropriate to

 

consult.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

62

 

Page  31,  line  5  [Clause  45],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The Secretary of State must lay any guidance issued or revised under this section

 

before Parliament.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

63

 

Page  31,  line  24  [Clause  47],  at end insert—

 

‘“consultation requirement” has the meaning given by section 36(2);’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

64

 

Page  33,  line  36  [Clause  49],  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

65

 

Page  34,  line  38  [Clause  50],  leave out ‘126,’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

66

 

Page  35,  line  42  [Clause  51],  leave out paragraph (a).


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 12 May 2009                     

781

 

Policing and Crime Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

67

 

Page  38,  line  36  [Clause  52],  at end insert—

 

    

‘Section 47B(11) is subject to this subsection.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

68

 

Page  41,  line  33  [Clause  52],  leave out ‘this section’ and insert ‘section 52 of the

 

Policing and Crime Act 2009’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

69

 

Page  42,  line  16  [Clause  52],  leave out subsection (3).

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

70

 

Page  43,  line  39  [Clause  52],  leave out subsection (5).

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

71

 

Page  44,  line  31  [Clause  52],  leave out subsection (3).

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

72

 

Page  45,  line  15  [Clause  52],  at end insert—

 

‘47QA

  Release of property

 

(1)    

This section applies in relation to property which—

 

(a)    

has been seized by an appropriate officer under section 47C, and

 

(b)    

is detained under or by virtue of any of sections 47J to 47M and 47P.

 

(2)    

The property must be released if at any time an appropriate officer decides that

 

the the detention condition is no longer met.

 

(3)    

The detention condition is met for so long as—

 

(a)    

any of the conditions in section 47B is met, and

 

(b)    

there are reasonable grounds for the suspicion mentioned in

 

section 47C(1).

 

(4)    

Nothing in this section requires property to be released if there is a power to

 

detain it otherwise than under or by virtue of sections 47J to 47M and 47P.

 

(5)    

Nothing in this section affects the operation of any power or duty to release

 

property that arises apart from this section.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

73

 

Page  45,  line  15  [Clause  52],  at end insert—

 

‘Code of practice about search and seizure and detention of property’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

74

 

Page  45,  line  23  [Clause  52],  after ‘41A’, insert ‘, 44A’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 12 May 2009                     

782

 

Policing and Crime Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

75

 

Page  45,  line  24  [Clause  52],  leave out ‘47M’ and insert ‘47P’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

76

 

Page  48,  line  14  [Clause  53],  at end insert—

 

    

‘Section 127B(11) is subject to this subsection.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

77

 

Page  51,  line  11  [Clause  53],  leave out ‘this section’ and insert ‘section 53 of the

 

Policing and Crime Act 2009’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

78

 

Page  51,  line  39  [Clause  53],  leave out subsection (3).

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

79

 

Page  54,  line  23  [Clause  53],  at end insert—

 

‘127PA 

  Release of property

 

(1)    

This section applies in relation to property which—

 

(a)    

has been seized by an appropriate officer under section 127C, and

 

(b)    

is detained under or by virtue of any of sections 127J to 127M and 127P.

 

(2)    

The property must be released if at any time an appropriate officer decides that

 

the the detention condition is no longer met.

 

(3)    

The detention condition is met for so long as—

 

(a)    

any of the conditions in section 127B is met, and

 

(b)    

there are reasonable grounds for the suspicion mentioned in

 

section 127C(1).

 

(4)    

Nothing in this section requires property to be released if there is a power to

 

detain it otherwise than under or by virtue of sections 127J to 127M and 127P.

 

(5)    

Nothing in this section affects the operation of any power or duty to release

 

property that arises apart from this section.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

80

 

Page  54,  line  23  [Clause  53],  at end insert—

 

‘Guidance about search and seizure and detention of property’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

81

 

Page  54,  line  30  [Clause  53],  after ‘120A’, insert ‘, 122A’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

82

 

Page  54,  line  31  [Clause  53],  leave out ‘127M’ and insert ‘127P’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 12 May 2009                     

783

 

Policing and Crime Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

83

 

Page  57,  line  11  [Clause  54],  at end insert—

 

    

‘Section 195B(11) is subject to this subsection.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

84

 

Page  60,  line  5  [Clause  54],  leave out ‘this section’ and insert ‘section 54 of the

 

Policing and Crime Act 2009’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

85

 

Page  60,  line  34  [Clause  54],  leave out subsection (3).

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

86

 

Page  62,  line  9  [Clause  54],  leave out subsection (5).

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

87

 

Page  63,  line  1  [Clause  54],  leave out subsection (3).

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

88

 

Page  63,  line  31  [Clause  54],  at end insert—

 

‘195QA 

  Release of property

 

(1)    

This section applies in relation to property which—

 

(a)    

has been seized by an appropriate officer under section 195C, and

 

(b)    

is detained under or by virtue any of any of sections 195J to 195M and

 

195P.

 

(2)    

The property must be released if at any time an appropriate officer decides that

 

the the detention condition is no longer met.

 

(3)    

The detention condition is met for so long as—

 

(a)    

any of the conditions in section 195B is met, and

 

(b)    

there are reasonable grounds for the suspicion mentioned in

 

section 195C(1).

 

(4)    

Nothing in this section requires property to be released if there is a power to

 

detain it otherwise than under or by virtue of sections 195J to 195M and 195P.

 

(5)    

Nothing in this section affects the operation of any power or duty to release

 

property that arises apart from this section.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

89

 

Page  63,  line  31  [Clause  54],  at end insert—

 

‘Code of practice about search and seizure and detention of property’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

90

 

Page  63,  line  39  [Clause  54],  after ‘190A’, insert ‘, 193A’.


 
contents continue
 
House of Commons home page Houses of Parliament home page House of Lords home page search page enquiries

© Parliamentary copyright 2009
Revised 13 May 2009