Clause 64
10:00 am
Maria Eagle (Parliamentary Secretary, Government Equalities Office; Liverpool, Garston, Labour)
I beg to move amendment 278, in clause 64, page 38, line 32, leave out subsection (5) and insert—
‘(5) The judge to whom an appeal is made must consider afresh the application for an investigation anonymity order and section 62(3) to (5) applies accordingly to the determination of the application by the judge.
(6) In the application of section 62(5) by virtue of subsection (5), the reference in section 62(5) to the designated officer in relation to a justice of the peace is to be read—
(a) in the case of an appeal made in England and Wales, as a reference to the appropriate officer of the Crown Court;
(b) in the case of an appeal made in Northern Ireland, as a reference to the chief clerk of the county court division in which the appeal is made.’.
This minor amendment is simply about making it clear that appeals against a refusal to grant an investigation anonymity order, as provided for in the clause, may be dealt with on the papers, because an oral re-hearing will not be necessary in every case.