Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill 2006-07

Make further provision about criminal justice (including provision about the police) and dealing with offenders and defaulters; to provide for the establishment and functions of Her Majesty’s Commissioner for Offender Management and Prisons and to make further provision about the management of offenders; to amend the criminal law; to make further provision for combatting crime and disorder; to make provision about the mutual recognition of financial penalties; to make provision for a new immigration status in certain cases involving criminality; and for connected purposes.

Explanatory Notes

• Bill 130 EN 06-07 - HTML version
  Bill 130 EN 06-07 - PDF version
  Explanatory Note to Bill 130 prepared by the Ministry of Justice

Related research material

• Research Paper 07/65Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (09.08.07)

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