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Session 2004 - 05 Internet Publications Other Bills before Parliament

Management of Offenders and Sentencing Bill [HL]

Management of Offenders and Sentencing Bill [HL]
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Home Office, are published separately
as HL Bill 16—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
The Baroness Scotland of Asthal has made the following statement under section
19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Management of Offenders and Sentencing Bill [HL]
are compatible with the Convention rights.
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Management of Offenders and Sentencing Bill [HL]
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Management of Offenders and Sentencing Bill [HL]
Contents
Part 1
The National Offender Management Service
1    Aims of the Service
2    Contracting-out by local probation boards: specific directions
3    Disclosure of information
4    Offender management: sentence plans
5    Contents of sentence plans
6    Sentence plans: supplementary
Part 2
Prisons
Contracted-out prisons
7    Powers of director of a contracted-out prison
8    Prisoner custody officers: power of search
9    Prisoner custody officers: power of detention
10    Amendment of section 87 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991
Directly-managed prisons
11    Independent Monitoring Boards
12    Amendment of section 8A of the Prison Act 1952
Part 3
Her Majesty’s Commissioner for Offender Management and Prisons
The Commissioner
13    Appointment etc of Commissioner
Investigation of complaints
14    Eligible complaints
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15    Treatment by Commissioner of complaints
16    Complaints excluded from investigation etc
17    Report on the outcome of an investigation
18    Recommendations by Commissioner
Other investigations
19    Investigation of deaths
20    Reports on the outcome of a death investigation
21    Investigations requested by the Secretary of State
22    Further provision relating to investigations
General powers and duties of the Commissioner
23    Powers of Commissioner to obtain information etc
24    Exceptions to Commissioner’s powers under section 23
25    Obstruction and contempt
26    Working with other ombudsmen etc
27    Legal and other representation
Disclosure of information
28    Disclosure of information etc
29    Disclosure of information where contrary to public interest
30    Notification of matters of potential concern to the police or other authorities
Supplemental
31    Power to pay expenses
32    Consequential amendments relating to Part 3
33    Transitional provisions
34    Interpretation of Part 3
35    Power to modify certain provisions of Part 3
36    Power to confer new functions on Commissioner
Part 4
Sentencing
Sentencing Guidelines Council
37    Guidelines relating to sentencing
38    Awareness of sentencing matters
Requirements for passing a community sentence
39    Restriction on imposing community sentences
Alteration of standard scale etc
40    Maximum fines for summary or either way offences
41    Imprisonment for default in paying fine etc
42    Unpaid work or curfew for default in paying fine etc
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Daily income fines
43    Fixing of fines by reference to daily disposable income
44    Application to certain contempts etc
General
45    Minor and consequential amendments
46    Transitional provision
Part 5
Miscellaneous provisions
Polygraph condition for certain licences
47    Release on licence: polygraph condition
48    Polygraph condition
49    Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 2003
50    Evidence from polygraph sessions
Attendance centres
51    Attendance centres
Electronic monitoring
52    Electronic monitoring of the whereabouts of certain offenders
53    Electronic monitoring as condition of bail
Part 6
Supplementary
54    Orders and rules
55    Repeals
56    Extent
57    Commencement
58    Short title
Schedule 1   —    Her Majesty’s Commissioner for Offender Management and
Prisons
Schedule 2   —    The Commissioner’s complaints remit: specified matters
Schedule 3   —    The Commissioner’s deaths remit
Schedule 4   —    Consequential amendments relating to Part 3
Schedule 5   —    Increase of certain maxima
Schedule 6   —    Fixing of fines by reference to daily disposable income in case
of certain contempts etc
Schedule 7   —    Minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 4
Schedule 8   —    Electronic monitoring requirements for certain offenders
Schedule 9   —    Electronic monitoring of persons released on bail etc
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Schedule 10   —    Repeals

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