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House of Commons

Thursday 28 January 2010

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

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

Crime and Security Bill

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Note

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

Committee [26 January 2010].

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

1

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  6,  at end insert ‘which may be made by electronic record or

by the recording of a telecommunications message containing the relevant details.’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

49

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  13,  leave out ‘, if that is not practicable,’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

50

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  13,  after second ‘as’, insert ‘reasonably’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

51

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  after ‘vehicle,’, insert ‘the stated name and address of the

person searched,’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

52

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  9,  leave out from ‘as’ to ‘perceived’ in line 10.

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Mr Douglas Hogg

53

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  25,  leave out ‘before or’.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

2

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  31,  at end insert ‘provided that the power under this

subsection may not be exercised later than six months from the date of arrest or if earlier

the date that it was decided that no further action would be taken in connection with the

events or circumstances which led to the arrest.’.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

3

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  41,  at end insert ‘provided that the power under this

subsection may not be exercised if the person has been acquitted of the offence or the

relevant charges have been withdrawn.’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

54

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  6,  leave out from beginning to ‘and’ in line 9.

Mr Douglas Hogg

55

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  13,  leave out ‘cautioned or warned or reprimanded’.

Mr David Hanson

34

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  20,  at end insert—

‘( )	In that section, for subsection (8B) there is substituted—

“(8B)

Any power under this section to take the fingerprints of a person without

the appropriate consent, if not otherwise specified to be exercisable by a

constable, shall be exercisable by a constable.”’

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment secures that any power to take fingerprints without consent in England and Wales

under section 61 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 may be exercised by a constable,

wherever the power is exercised.

Mr Douglas Hogg

56

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  25,  leave out ‘before or’.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

4

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  35,  at end insert ‘provided that the power under this

subsection may not be exercised later than six months from the date of arrest or if earlier

the date that it was decided that no further action would be taken in connection with the

events or circumstances which led to the arrest.’.

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James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

5

Clause  2,  page  4,  line  7,  at end insert ‘provided that the power under this subsection

may not be exercised if the person has been acquitted of the offence or the relevant

charges have been withdrawn.’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

57

Clause  2,  page  4,  line  10,  leave out ‘before or’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

58

Clause  2,  page  4,  line  13,  leave out from beginning to ‘and’ in line 16.

Mr Douglas Hogg

59

Clause  2,  page  4,  line  20,  leave out ‘cautioned or warned or reprimanded’.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

6

Clause  3,  page  5,  line  5,  leave out from ‘person’ to ‘may’ in line 6.

Mr Douglas Hogg

60

Clause  3,  page  5,  line  10,  leave out ‘whether before or’ and insert ‘and’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

61

Clause  3,  page  5,  line  13,  leave out from ‘Wales’ to end of line 14.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

7

Clause  3,  page  5,  line  29,  leave out subsections (2) and (3).

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

8

Clause  3,  page  6,  line  3,  leave out from ‘person’ to ‘if’ in line 4.

Mr Douglas Hogg

62

Clause  3,  page  6,  line  7,  leave out ‘whether before or’ and insert ‘and’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

63

Clause  3,  page  6,  line  10,  leave out from ‘Wales’ to end of line 11.

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James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

22

Clause  3,  page  6,  line  36,  leave out paragraph (b).

Mr Douglas Hogg

64

Clause  4,  page  7,  line  25,  after second ‘as’, insert ‘reasonably’.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

9

Clause  4,  page  8,  line  1,  leave out from ‘include’ to ‘a’ in line 2.

Mr Douglas Hogg

65

Clause  4,  page  8,  line  6,  after second ‘as’, insert ‘reasonably’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

66

Clause  4,  page  8,  line  27,  after second ‘as’, insert ‘reasonably’.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

10

Clause  6,  page  10,  leave out lines 26 to 28.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

11

Clause  6,  page  12,  leave out lines 31 to 34.

Mr Douglas Hogg

67

Clause  7,  page  15,  leave out lines 10 to 14.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

12

Clause  8,  page  15,  line  37,  at end insert ‘provided that the power under this

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paragraph may not be exercised later than six months from the date of arrest or if earlier

the date that it was decided that no further action would be taken in connection with the

events or circumstances which led to the arrest.’.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

13

Clause  8,  page  16,  line  2,  at end insert ‘provided that the power under this

paragraph may not be exercised if the person has been acquitted of the offence or the

relevant charges have been withdrawn.’.

Mr David Hanson

35

Clause  8,  page  16,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘( )	In that Article, for paragraph (8A) there is substituted—

“(8A)

Any power under this Article to take the fingerprints of a person without

the appropriate consent, if not otherwise specified to be exercisable by a

constable, shall be exercisable by a constable.”’

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment secures that any power to take fingerprints without consent under Article 61 of

the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 may be exercised by a constable,

wherever the power is exercised.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

14

Clause  8,  page  16,  line  39,  at end insert ‘provided that the power under this

paragraph may not be exercised later than six months from the date of arrest or if earlier

the date that it was decided that no further action would be taken in connection with the

events or circumstances which led to the arrest.’.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

15

Clause  8,  page  17,  line  13,  at end insert ‘provided that the power under this

paragraph may not be exercised if the person has been acquitted of the offence or the

relevant charges have been withdrawn.’.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

16

Clause  9,  page  18,  line  5,  leave out from ‘person’ to ‘may’ in line 6.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

17

Clause  9,  page  18,  line  28,  leave out subsections (2) and (3).

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James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

18

Clause  9,  page  19,  line  3,  leave out from ‘person’ to ‘if’ in line 4.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

23

Clause  9,  page  19,  line  34,  leave out paragraph (b).

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

19

Clause  10,  page  21,  line  1,  leave out from ‘include’ to ‘a’ in line 2.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

20

Clause  12,  page  23,  leave out lines 25 to 27.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

24

Clause  12,  page  25,  leave out lines 25 to 28.

Mr David Hanson

48

Clause  13,  page  28,  line  3,  leave out ‘37, 40, 43 to 50’ and insert ‘37 to 40, 43 to

54’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment brings the ‘qualifying offences’ in Northern Ireland into line with those in

England and Wales (see Clause 7). The offences added are offences relating to child prostitution

and pornography and sexual offences involving care workers for persons with a mental disorder.

Mr David Hanson

36

Clause  14,  page  28,  line  41,  leave out ‘arrested for or’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment alters the substituted section 64(5)(b) of PACE to remove the erroneous repeated

reference to an arrest under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000 as this is already provided for

under the substituted section 64(5)(a).

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James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

25

Clause  14,  page  29,  line  14,  leave out ‘sooner’ and insert ‘later’.

Mr Douglas Hogg

68

Clause  14,  page  30,  line  20,  after ‘offence’, insert ‘and is not tried for or is

acquitted of that or a related offence’.

James Brokenshire

Andrew Rosindell

26

Clause  14,  page  30,  leave out lines 26 to 34 and insert—

‘(3)	Subject to subsection (3AA) to (3AI), the material must be destroyed as soon as

it has fulfilled the purpose for which it was taken or supplied.

(3AA)

Where any fingerprint, impression of footwear or DNA profile has been taken

from a person under this Part who is arrested for or charged with a sexual offence

or violent offence, the fingerprint, impression of footwear or DNA profile shall

be destroyed no later than—

(a)	in the case of fingerprints or impressions of footwear, before the end of

the period of three years beginning with the date on which the

fingerprints or impression were taken, such date being the “initial

retention date”; or

(b)	in the case of a DNA profile, before the end of the period of three years

beginning with the date on which the DNA sample from which the DNA

profile was derived was taken (or if the profile was derived from more

than one DNA sample, the date on which the first of those samples was

taken), such date being the “initial DNA retention date”; or

(c)	such later date as may be ordered under subsection (3AB).

(3AB)

On application made by the responsible chief officer of police within the period

of three months before the initial retention date or the initial DNA retention date

as the case may be, the Crown Court, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds

for doing so, may make an order amending, or further amending, the date of

destruction of the relevant fingerprint, impression of footwear or DNA profile.

(3AC)

An order under subsection (3AB) shall not specify a date more than two years

later than—

(a)	the initial retention date in relation to fingerprints or impressions of

footwear, or

(b)	the initial DNA retention date in the case of a DNA profile.

(3AD)

Any decision of the Crown Court may be appealed to the Court of Appeal within

21 days of such decision.

(3AE)

Subsection (3AA) does not apply where—

(a)	an application under subsection (3AB) above has been made but has not

been determined;

(b)	the period within which an appeal may be brought under subsection

(3AD) above against a decision to refuse an application has not elapsed;

or

(c)	such an appeal has been brought but has not been withdrawn or finally

determined.

(3AF)

Where—

(a)	the period within which an appeal referred to in subsection (3AD) has

elapsed without such an appeal being brought; or

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Revised 28 January 2010