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Constitutional Renewal Bill [HL]

 

 
 

Contents

Part 1

Demonstrations in the vicinity of Parliament

1   

Repeal of sections 132 to 138 of Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

Part 2

The Attorney General

Independent role for Attorney General and Solicitor General

2   

Ending of political role

3   

Duty to act independently and in the public interest

4   

Publication of advice

Ground rules of Attorney’s superintendence of Directors

5   

Ban on directions in individual cases

6   

Protocol for running of prosecution services

New provisions about tenure of office of the Directors

7   

Director of Public Prosecutions

8   

Director of the Serious Fraud Office

9   

Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions

Attenuation of Attorney’s prosecution consent functions

10   

Meaning of “prosecution consent function” and “the Directors”

11   

Power to end other prosecution functions of the Attorney

12   

Effect of provisions conferring functions on the Director or authorised person

13   

Sections 11 and 12: minor definitions

Powers of intervention in relation to proceedings and investigations

14   

Abolition of nolle prosequi

15   

Duty to intervene on ministerial certificate concerning national security

 

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16   

Effect of certain directions under section 15

17   

Reports on directions under section 15

Miscellaneous and supplementary

18   

Annual report on exercise of Attorney’s functions

19   

Amendments consequential on Part 2

Part 3

Treaties and armed conflicts

Ratification of treaties

20   

Treaties to be laid before Parliament before ratification

21   

The Treaties Committee

22   

Section 20 not to apply to certain descriptions of treaties

23   

Meaning of “treaty” and “ratification”

Participation in war etc.

24   

Parliamentary approval before participating in war etc.

Part 4

The Civil Service

Application

25   

Application of Part

Civil Service Commission

26   

Establishment of the Civil Service Commission

Management

27   

Management of the civil service

28   

Civil service management functions

29   

Management of the civil service: supplementary

Codes of conduct

30   

Civil service code

31   

Diplomatic service code

32   

Minimum requirements for civil service and diplomatic service codes

33   

Special advisers’ code

Appointment

34   

Selections for appointments to the civil service

35   

Recruitment principles

36   

Approvals for selections and exceptions

 
 

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Special advisers

37   

Definition of special adviser

38   

Limits on the numbers of special advisers

39   

Annual reports about special advisers

Additional functions of the Commission

40   

Monitoring by the Commission

41   

Arrangements for the Civil Service Commission to carry out additional

functions

Definitions

42   

List of definitions

Part 5

Parliamentary general elections

Fixed term Parliaments

43   

Dates of future parliamentary general elections

44   

Dissolution of Parliament

45   

Power of House of Commons to vary the date of parliamentary general

elections

46   

Amendment of the Representation of the People Acts

General review of electoral system

47   

Citizens’ Assembly to review electoral system

48   

Membership of Citizens’ Assembly

49   

Referendum on proposals made by Citizens’ Assembly

Part 6

Conduct of members of the Houses of Parliament

Conduct of Ministers

50   

Ministerial Code

Conduct of members of House of Lords

51   

House of Lords: Officer to hear complaints about members

52   

Functions of the Officer

53   

Sanctions for misconduct by members of House of Lords

54   

Disqualification of members of House of Lords for certain offences

Conduct of members of House of Commons

55   

Sanctions for misconduct by members of House of Commons

 
 

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Part 7

Final provisions

56   

Meaning of “Minister of the Crown”

57   

Power to make consequential provision

58   

Extent

59   

Commencement

60   

Short title

Schedule 1   —   

Consequential amendments

Part 1   —   

Ground rules for attorney’s superintendence of directors

Part 2   —   

New provisions about tenure of office of directors

Part 3   —   

Attenuation of Attorney’s prosecution consent functions

Part 4   —   

Abolition of nolle prosequi

Schedule 2   —   

Civil Service Commission

Part 1   —   

The Commissioners

Part 2   —   

The Commission

Part 3   —   

Transitional provision relating to the old commission

 
 

 
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