Armed Forces Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:00 pm on 23 June 2021.
Amendments made: 24, in clause 14, page 29, line 5, at end insert—
| “1A | a sentence of detention under section 224B (special sentence of detention for terrorist offenders of particular concern) | two-thirds of the term imposed pursuant to section 252A(5) of the Sentencing Code by virtue of section 224B(4) of this Act (the appropriate custodial term)” |
This amends the table in proposed new section 177J of the Armed Forces Act 2006 to refer to a new sentence introduced by the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021.
Amendment 25, in clause 14, page 29, line 12, leave out “half” and insert “two-thirds of”.
This amends the table in proposed new section 177J of the Armed Forces Act 2006 to reflect changes to release points made by the Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Act 2020 and the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
Amendment 26, in clause 14, page 29, line 26, at end insert—
| “4A | a serious terrorism sentence of detention in a young offender institution under section 268A of the Sentencing Code by virtue of section 219ZA of this Act (serious terrorism sentences) | the term imposed pursuant to section 268C(2) of the Sentencing Code (the appropriate custodial term)” |
This amends the table in proposed new section 177J of the Armed Forces Act 2006 to refer to a new sentence introduced by the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021.
Amendment 27, in clause 14, page 29, line 27, leave out “half” and insert “two-thirds of”.
This amends the table in proposed new section 177J of the Armed Forces Act 2006 to reflect changes to release points made by the Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Act 2020 and the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
Amendment 28, in clause 14, page 29, line 40, at end insert—
| “6A | a serious terrorism sentence of imprisonment under section 282A of the Sentencing Code by virtue of section 219ZA of this Act (serious terrorism sentences) | the term imposed pursuant to section 282C(2) of the Sentencing Code (the appropriate custodial term) |
| 6B | a custodial sentence in respect of which section 244ZA of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 applies to the offender | two-thirds of the sentence |
| 6C | a custodial sentence not within any of the preceding entries in respect of which section 247A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 applies to the offender | two-thirds of the sentence” |
This amends the table in proposed new section 177J of the Armed Forces Act 2006 to refer to a new sentence introduced by the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 and to reflect changes to release points made by the Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Act 2020 and the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
Amendment 29, in clause 14, page 30, line 8, at end insert—
“(5A) In the case of a sentence specified in entry 2, 4 or 6 of column 2 in the table which is within section 247A(2A) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, the corresponding entry in column 3 of the table is to be read with the omission of ‘two-thirds of’.”
This modifies the table in proposed new section 177J of the Armed Forces Act 2006 to reflect changes to release points made by the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021.
Amendment 30, in clause 14, page 30, line 22, leave out “paragraph” and insert “entry”.—(Leo Docherty.)
This makes a minor verbal adjustment for purposes of consistency.
Clause 14, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clauses 15 to 26 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
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A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
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