Clause 81 - ''Bad character''
Criminal Justice Bill
9:30 am
Mr David Cameron (Witney, Conservative)
Perhaps one way for us non-lawyers to understand this, most controversial, part of the Bill is to think that the Government are codifying current practice and then adding to it. Paragraphs (a), (b), (f), (g) and (h) in clause 84(1) all codify existing practice, and (c), (d) and (e) introduce new and controversial provisions. Does that help?