Clause 1 - Amendment of the Criminal Law Act 1967
Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill
2:30 pm
Mr Frank Cook (Stockton North, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 2, in clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out
‘any building or part of a building’
and insert
‘that building or part’.
No. 4, in clause 1, page 1, line 13, at end add—
‘(1C)Subsection (1A) does not apply unless these conditions are met—
(a)the building, or part of the building, in question is a house;
(b)the person who uses the force is the householder.’.
No. 5, in clause 1, page 1, line 13, at end add—
‘(1D)In this section “house” means any dwelling (including a flat, caravan or boat).’.
No. 6, in clause 1, page 1, line 13, at end add—
‘(1E)In this section any reference to a house, or part of a house, includes a reference to any garden or other ground belonging to that house or that part.’.
No. 7, in clause 1, page 1, line 13, at end add—
‘(1F)In this section “householder”, in relation to a house, means any person who occupies the house as his residence.’.
No. 8, in clause 1, page 1, line 13, at end add—
‘(1G)For the purpose of this section it does not matter whether a person occupies a house as his only residence, his main residence, or otherwise as his residence, including occupation as a holiday or other temporary residence.’.
No. 9, in clause 1, page 1, line 13, at end add—
‘(1H)For the purpose of this section a person is not to be regarded as occupying a house as his residence if that occupation is as a trespasser.’.