Clause 61
9:00 am
Frank Cook (Stockton North, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: amendment 80, in clause 62, page 36, line 31, leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown Court judge’.
Amendment 81, in clause 62, page 37, line 9, leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘judge’.
Amendment 130, in clause 62, page 37, line 11, leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown Court judge’.
Amendment 131, in clause 62, page 37, line 12, leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown Court judge’.
Amendment 132, in clause 62, page 37, line 14, leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘judge’.
Amendment 133, in clause 62, page 37, line 16, leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown Court judge’.
Amendment 134, in clause 62, page 37, line 17, leave out from ‘to’ to end of line 18 and insert
‘such person as the Secretary of State may by order prescribe in respect of the relevant county court’.
Amendment 135, in clause 63, page 37, line 26, leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown Court judge’.
Amendment 136, in clause 63, page 38, line 10, leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘judge’.
Amendment 137, in clause 64, page 38, line 19, leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown Court judge’.
Amendment 84, in clause 64, page 38, line 20, leave out ‘Crown’ and insert ‘High’.
Amendment 138, in clause 64, page 38, line 25, leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘Crown Court judge’.
Amendment 139, in clause 64, page 38, line 27, leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown Court judge’.
Amendment 140, in clause 65, page 38, line 34, leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown Court judge’.
Amendment 141, in clause 65, page 38, line 35, leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘judge’.
Amendment 142, in clause 65, page 38, line 36, leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘judge’.
Amendment 85, in clause 65, page 39, line 5, leave out ‘Crown’ and insert ‘High’.
Amendment 143, in clause 65, page 39, line 5, leave out ‘justice’s decision’ and insert ‘decision of the Crown Court judge’.
Amendment 144, in clause 65, page 39, line 7, leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown Court judge’.
Amendment 145, in clause 68, page 40, line 15, leave out paragraph (a).
Amendment 146, in clause 68, page 40, line 20, at end insert—
‘(d) the reference to the High Court is to be read as a reference to the High Court of Northern Ireland;
(e) the reference to a judge of the High Court is to be read as a reference to a judge of the High Court of Northern Ireland.’.
Amendment 191, in clause 69, page 40, line 25, after second ‘a’, insert ‘Crown’.
Amendment 192, in clause 69, page 40, line 27, after first ‘the’, insert ‘Crown’.
Amendment 193, in clause 69, page 41, line 1, after ‘the’, insert ‘Crown’.
Amendment 195, in clause 70, page 41, line 11, at end insert—
‘(A1) For the avoidance of doubt, whilst applications for a witness anonymity order must be made to the Crown court such orders may govern current, adjourned or future proceedings in the magistrates’ courts.’.
Amendment 194, in clause 70, page 41, line 13, after ‘the’, insert ‘Crown’.
Amendment 201, in clause 80, page 45, line 35, after ‘Appeal’, insert
‘except where the Crown court is specified as the appropriate court,’.