HC Deb 13 June 1996 vol 279 cc448-9

Lords amendment: No. 4, in page 39, line 46, at end insert—

("() Schedule (Scheduled offences: transitional provisions) (which makes transitional provisions in relation to scheduled offences) shall have effect.")

Sir John Wheeler

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this, it will be convenient to discuss Lords amendment No. 5.

Sir John Wheeler

Because the Bill has the effect of removing certain offences from the current list of scheduled offences—that is, offences that merit special treatment under the emergency legislation—it is necessary to spell out precisely how cases involving such offences, whether committed or alleged to have been committed at the time of the Bill's enactment, should continue to be dealt with after that date.

The amendments would add a new schedule to the Bill which would set out the transitional arrangements for each case, taking into account its individual stage in the criminal justice process at the time of the Bill's enactment.

Lords amendment agreed to.

Lords amendment No. 5 agreed to.