Schedule 2 - Bail under Terrorism Act 2000
Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]
11:00 am
Mr John Spellar (Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office; Warley, Labour)
I beg to move amendment No. 8, in
schedule 2, page 14, line 14, at end insert—
'(5) In Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (c.11) (scheduled offences) after paragraph 22 insert—
''Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004
22A Offences under paragraph 1(1) or (2) of Schedule 2 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (absconding by persons admitted to bail in respect of a scheduled offence), subject to note 1 below.'' '.
The amendment would make the offences under paragraph 1(1) and (2) of schedule 2 scheduled offences. Schedule 2 creates two new offences of absconding while on bail in a scheduled case. Those offences replace the offence of absconding while on bail under section 67 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and under section 26(d) of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953. The offence under section 26(d) is repealed by the Bill. It is a scheduled offence under schedule 9 to the Terrorism Act 2000, and it therefore makes sense for the replacement offences also to be scheduled.
Amendment agreed to.