Clause 24
Serious Crime Bill [Lords]
12:30 pm
Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 127, in clause 24, page 15, line 9, at end insert—
‘(1A) An appeal against a decision of the High Court in relation to a serious crime prevention order may be made to the Court of Appeal by—
(a) the person who is the subject of the order;
(b) the relevant applicant authority; or
(c) by any person who was given an opportunity to make representations in the proceedings concerned by virtue of section 10(1), (2) or (as the case may be) (3).’.
When I drafted the amendment I had not read section 16 of the Senior Courts Act 1981, and I still have not done so; I was under some pressure to prepare my amendments as fast as I could. I hope that the Committee will accept the general proposition that every person who is affected by a serious crime prevention order should have the right of appeal. Subject to the terms of section 16 of the Senior Courts Act 1981, the Bill does not make provision for the person who is the subject of the order to appeal. If the Minister can tell me that that provision gives the person who is subject to a serious crime prevention order the right of appeal, I need not speak any further to this amendment. If he wants to intervene, I shall give way.