HC Deb 31 March 1987 vol 113 cc1057-8

Amendments made: No. 46, in page 10, line 43, after 'broadcast', insert 'or include a cable programme'.

No. 47, in page 11, line 12, leave out 'or broadcast' and insert 'broadcast or included in a cable programme'.

No. 48, in page 11, line 13, leave out 'or broadcast' and insert 'broadcast or include in a cable programme'.

No. 49, in page 11, line 23, leave out 'or broadcast' and insert 'broadcast or include in a cable programme'.

No. 50, in page 11, line 27, leave out 'or broadcast' and insert 'broadcast or included in a cable programme'.

No. 51, in page 11, line 31, after 'names', insert 'ages, home'.

No. 52, in page 11, line 31, leave out 'the parties and witnesses and the ages of.

No. 53, in page 11, line 32, at end insert— '(bb) any relevant business information;'.

No. 54, in page 11, line 40, at end insert— '(8A) The following is relevant business information for the purposes of subsection (8) above—

  1. (a) any address used by the accused for carrying on a business on his own account;
  2. (b) the name of any business which he was carrying on on his own account at any relevant time;
  3. (c) the name of any firm in which he was a partner at any relevant time or by which he was engaged at any such time;
  4. (d) the address of any such firm;
  5. (e) the name of any company of which he was a director at any relevant time or by which he was otherwise engaged at any such time;
  6. (f) the address of the registered or principal office of any such company; and
  7. (g) any working address of the accused in his capacity as a person engaged by any such company.
(8B) The addresses that may be published or broadcast or included in a cable programme under subsection (8) above are addresses—
  1. (a) at any relevant time; and
  2. (b) at the time of their publication, broadcast or inclusion in a cable programme.
 (8C) In this section— engaged" means engaged under a contract of service or a contract for services, and relevant time" means a time when events giving rise to the charges to which the proceedings relate occurred.'

No. 55, in page 11. line 41, leave out subsection (9) and insert— '(9) If a report is published, broadcast or included in a cable programme in contravention of this section, the following persons, that is to say—

  1. (a) in the case of a publication of a written report as part of a newspaper or periodical, any proprietor, editor or publisher of the newspaper or periodical;
  2. (b) in the case of a publication of a written report otherwise than as part of a newspaper or periodical, the person who publishes it;
  3. (c) in the case of a broadcast of a report, any body corporate which transmits or provides the programme in which the report is broadcast and any person having functions in relation to the programme corresponding to those of the editor or a newspaper or periodical;
  4. (d) in the case of an inclusion of a report in a cable programme. any body corporate which sends or provides the programme and any person having functions in relation to the programme corresponding to those of an editor of a newspaper,
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(10) roceedings for an offence under this section shall not, in England and Wales, be instituted otherwise than by or with the consent of the Attorney General. (11) Subsection (1) above shall be in addition to, and not in derogation from, the provisions of any other enactment with respect to the publication of reports of court proceedings. (12) In this section— "broadcast" means broadcast by wireless telegraphy sounds or visual images intended for general reception; "cable programme" means a programme included in a cable programme service; "publish", in relation to a report, means publish the report, either by itself or as part of a newspaper or periodical, for distribution to the public.'.— [Mr. Douglas Hogg.]
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