Moved by
Lord Bellamy
44: Clause 10, page 8, line 26, at end insert—
“(A1) The Secretary of State and the Attorney General, acting jointly, must—
(a) keep under review the code compliance of the persons mentioned in subsection (1), and
(b) annually, prepare and publish a report about the code compliance of those persons in the period to which the report relates.
(A2) If the Secretary of State and the Attorney General agree that the code compliance of a person mentioned in subsection (1) is unsatisfactory they may—
(a) if the person is the chief officer of police for a police area, give the elected local policing body for the area a notice setting out their reasons for being of that view;
(b) in any other case, give the person a notice setting out their reasons for being of that view.
(A3) If the Secretary of State and the Attorney General give a notice under subsection (A2) they must—
(a) if the notice is given under paragraph (a) of that subsection, send a copy of the notice to the chief officer of police to whom the notice relates, and
(b) in any case, publish the notice in such form and manner as they consider appropriate.
(A4) The Secretary of State and the Attorney General must consult the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses before—
(a) publishing a report under subsection (A1)(b);
(b) giving a notice under subsection (A2).
(A5) The Secretary of State must publish such compliance information as the Secretary of State considers will enable members of the public to assess the code compliance of the persons mentioned in subsection (1) in the period to which the information relates.”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment gives the Secretary of State and the Attorney General joint functions in relation to reviewing compliance with the victims’ code by police forces and other criminal justice bodies. The Secretary of State must also publish certain information in relation to the code compliance of such bodies.
45: Clause 10, page 8, leave out lines 27 to 29 and insert—
“(1) The persons are—”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is consequential on my amendment of Clause 10, page 8, line 26.