Clause 19 - Closure of certain licensed premises due todisorder or disturbance
Criminal Justice and Police Bill
4:42 pm

Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet, Conservative)
I remind the Committee that with this we are discussing the following amendments: No. 130, in page 10, line 8, leave out ``reasonably believes that'' and insert ``has evidence that''.
No. 81, in page 10, line 9, leave out ``is likely to'' and insert—
``are reasonable grounds to believe that there will''.
No. 131, in page 10, line 9, leave out ``, or in the vicinity of,''.
No. 34A, in page 10, line 9, after ``or'', insert—
``in a place for which the licensee is responsible which is''.
No. 36, in page 10, line 9, after ``the'', insert ``immediate''.
No. 82, in page 10, line 9, at end, insert ``and related to''.
No. 37, in page 10, line 10, leave out
``is necessary in the interests of''
and insert—
``will significantly assist in securing''.
No. 132, in page 10, line 12, leave out ``,or in the vicinity of''.
No. 35, in page 10, line 12, after ``or'', insert—
``in a place for which the licensee is responsible which is''.
No. 76, in page 10, line 12, after first ``the'', insert ``immediate''.
No. 83, in page 10, line 12, after ``of'', insert ``and related to''.
No. 38, in page 10, line 13, leave out
``is necessary in the interests of''
and insert—
``will significantly assist in securing''.
No. 84, in page 10, line 15, after ``(c)'', insert—
``having made a request to the holder of the licence to act reasonably by reducing or ceasing the emission of noise from the premises''.
No. 133, in page 10, line 18, at end insert—
``following at least one request from a uniformed police officer to the person ostensibly having control of the premises to end the disturbance.''.
No. 39, in page 10, line 18, at end insert—
``(1A) A closure order may only be made on the grounds specified in subsection (1)(c) if the senior police officer has given notice to the licensee that he intends to make the order, and the licensee has failed to take appropriate action to quell the disturbance.''.
No. 77, in page 12, line 26, after second ``or'', insert—
``in a place for which the licensee is responsible which is''.
No. 92, in page 12, line 30, after ``Act,'', insert—
``a request having been made to the holder of the licence to act reasonably by reducing or ceasing the emission of noise from the premises''.
